Yépez Surname

1,055,483rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 237 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

Yépez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yépez Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico651:1,909,63418,382
Venezuela601:503,4019,605
Ecuador351:454,45310,445
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Colombia81:5,971,75920,087
Bolivia61:1,769,4066,441
Peru61:5,297,35436,458
Panama41:978,06412,245
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: Yepez (96,047), Yèpez (13) & Yepéz (5) are calculated separately.

Yépez Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yépez is found in Mexico more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Yepez, Yèpez or Yepéz. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yépez? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,055,483rd most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,749,139 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Yépez reside; 51 percent reside in South America and 29 percent reside in Caribbean South America.

This surname is most frequent in Mexico, where it is borne by 65 people, or 1 in 1,909,634. In Mexico it is most numerous in: Mexico City, where 25 percent reside, Guanajuato, where 15 percent reside and Jalisco, where 14 percent reside. Besides Mexico this last name exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Venezuela, where 25 percent reside and Ecuador, where 15 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yepez9396,047/
Yèpez9313/
Yepéz875/
Yépiz8013/
Yépes801/
Yeppez7368/
Yespez735/
Yepiez732/
Yetpez731/
Yehpez731/
Yiepez731/
Iype672,408/
Yepe671,438/
Epez6722/
Yjpe671/
Yype671/
Yépé671/

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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 Yépez
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