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 found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yilson? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,034,059th most widespread last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. The last name Yilson occurs predominantly 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 widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 573 people.
The surname Yilson is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 81 people, or 1 in 2,186,948. In Nigeria Yilson is primarily found in: Plateau, where 94 percent reside, Bauchi, where 1 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 1 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs 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
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- 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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