Yeat Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Yeat Surname Definition:
(North.) = Yate, q.v.
Yeat, sb., a gate.—North. English Words (1781); English Dialectal Soc., Ser. B.
Yeat Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
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England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
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United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Yeat (668) may also be a first name.
Yeat Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(North.) = Yate, q.v.
Yeat, sb., a gate.—North. English Words (1781); English Dialectal Soc., Ser. B.
Yeat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yeat Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yeat is more frequently found in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yeat? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,772,636th most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 76 percent of Yeat live; 76 percent live in Southeast Asia and 71 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 321,047th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 668 people.
The last name Yeat is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 2,457,852. In Malaysia it is primarily found in: Perak, where 25 percent are found, Kuala Lumpur, where 17 percent are found and Selangor, where 17 percent are found. Aside from Malaysia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 18 percent are found and Singapore, where 6 percent are found.
Yeat Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Yeat has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Yeat last name fell 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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Footnotes
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