Yiev Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Yiev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yiev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yiev Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yiev Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Yiev is borne by more people in Switzerland than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yiev? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,193,072nd most common last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 40 percent of Yiev reside; 40 percent reside in Western Europe and 40 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Switzerland, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 4,106,458. In Switzerland it is most common in: Canton of Aargau, where 100 percent live. Besides Switzerland this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 20 percent live and Thailand, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hyiev894/
Ayiev891/
Yev86512/
Iev8674/
Yahiev802/
Yiew75246/
Yoiv75116/
Ihev75110/
Yoev7568/
Hyev7558/
Hiev7515/
Yiep7512/
Ioev756/
Yieb753/
Ieev752/
Yetv752/
Yejv751/
Ijev751/
Iiev751/
Yesv751/
Yevh751/
Jiev751/
Iejv751/
Ievh751/
Ievs751/
Ieyv751/
Hyiv751/
Ev674,375/
Yoaev6748/
Ihiev6736/
Ajiev6724/
Aiyev6718/
Hyoev677/
Ijhev676/
Ioeva673/
Ojiev672/
Ijiev672/
Jihev671/
Jijev671/
Iheva671/
Yaieb671/
Ayieb671/
Iejhv671/
Iievf671/
Yhief671/
Aayev671/
Yoeva671/
Ijeva671/
Oyiew671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Yiev
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