Yongyee Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Yongyee Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Yongyee Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Yongyee (244) may also be a first name.

Yongyee Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yongyee Come From? nationality or country of origin

Yongyee is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Yongyee click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yongyee? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,360,413th most common last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Yongyee occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Yongyee live; 56 percent live in Central Africa and 56 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Yongyee is also the 571,890th most frequent forename globally. It is borne by 244 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 4,153,814. In Cameroon Yongyee is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 80 percent reside and West Region, where 20 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 33 percent reside and Norway, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jongyee8659/
Yongyeh8615/
Yonngye861/
Yongyai711,250/
Yangyeh712/
Yongyui711/
Yongyoi711/
Jiangyee6725/
Yondoiye6713/
Yongyuyh671/

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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 Yongyee
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