Yiyen Surname
Approximately 427 people bear this surname
Yiyen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 379 | 1:205,334 | 14,957 |
| Cameroon | 27 | 1:769,225 | 54,005 |
| Argentina | 17 | 1:2,514,318 | 114,515 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yiyen (26) may also be a first name.
Yiyen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yiyen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yiyen (Russian: Йийен) is held by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yiyen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yiyen is the 692,305th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 17,066,852 people. The last name Yiyen occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Yiyen are found; 85 percent are found in West Asia and 85 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 2,084,397th most prevalent forename on earth It is held by 26 people.
The surname Yiyen is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is borne by 379 people, or 1 in 205,334. In Turkey Yiyen is mostly concentrated in: Kahramanmaras Province, where 39 percent reside, Izmir Province, where 11 percent reside and Bitlis Province, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Turkey this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 6 percent reside and Argentina, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yiyen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yiyen in the Russian language | ||
| Йийен | jijen | - |
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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 Yiyen
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