Yilme Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Yilme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 54 | 1:3,280,421 | 99,135 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Yilme (31) may also be a first name.
Yilme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yilme Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yilme is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yilme? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,555,468th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Yilme are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yilme is also the 1,874,099th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 31 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 3,280,421. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Plateau, where 65 percent are found, Kaduna, where 15 percent are found and Lagos, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 2 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Yilme
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