Yé Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Yé Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 13 | 1:1,411,700 | 12,072 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Ye (7,320,967), Yè (3), Yê (2) & Yë (1) are calculated separately.
Yé (506) may also be a first name.
Yé Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yé Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yé is found in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Ye, Yè, Yê or Yë. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yé? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yé is the 4,034,050th most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Yé are found; 58 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yé is also the 376,409th most frequent forename globally. It is borne by 506 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 1,411,700. Besides Burkina Faso it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 8 percent reside and France, where 8 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
- 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 Yé
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