Yilson Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Yilson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 81 | 1:2,186,948 | 74,923 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Yilson (573) may also be a first name.
Yilson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yilson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yilson is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yilson? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,034,059th most frequently held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Yilson live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yilson is also the 350,163rd most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 573 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 81 people, or 1 in 2,186,948. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Plateau, where 94 percent reside, Bauchi, where 1 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 1 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Armenia, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Yilson
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