Ying-Yang Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Ying-Yang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 38 | 1:546,554 | 42,843 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ying-Yang (251) may also be a first name.
Ying-Yang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ying-Yang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ying-Yang is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ying-Yang? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,979,664th most commonly occurring family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. The surname Ying-Yang is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ying-Yang are found; 84 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 562,655th most frequently used given name globally. It is borne by 251 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 546,554. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 66 percent are found, North Region, where 32 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 9 percent are found and The United States, 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 Ying-Yang
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