Yongyen Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Yongyen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yongyen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191

Yongyen Last Name Facts

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

Yongyen is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yongyen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yongyen is the 8,968,613th most prevalent surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Yongyen live; 50 percent live in Southeast Asia and 50 percent live in Tai-Asia.

The surname Yongyen is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Yongyen is mostly found in: Adamawa Region, where 50 percent live and Northwest Region, where 50 percent live. Aside from Cameroon Yongyen occurs in one country. It is also found in Thailand, where 50 percent live.

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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 Yongyen
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