Yean is used as a family name or surname in Malaysia. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Yean
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Malaysia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Yean

How popular is Yean?

Yean is common in Malaysia.

Yean is ranked 73668 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Yeans grew by 12.13873 per cent to 194 since 2000 and ranked 94311 after elevating 3073 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 91.24 82.08
Yean is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Cambodia which signifies that it is originated from Cambodia. Around 6054 people have been found who wears Yean as their family name. Yean is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
240,218 Canada7
615,517 Russia6
38,841 Scotland1
30,360 Thailand1
10,958 Bangladesh1
62,864 New Zealand1
3,350 Fiji1
17,236 Ghana1
5,553 Taiwan1
16,640 Hong Kong1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
188,148 Indonesia36
58,491 Australia32
2,558 China17
Countries with hundreds of Yean:
73,068 India348
152,835 United States132
3,353 Singapore101
Countries with thousands of Yean:
564 Cambodia4,104
2,205 Malaysia1,214

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Catherine Yean from Ireland aboard the Eleutheria from Liverpool on June 18, 1847 during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 22 years old when she arrived in USA.

Yean Namesakes

  • Ken Yeang, Architect
  • Ken Yeang, Architect
  • Nona Yean Hong Lim, Olympic athlete
  • Ken Yeang, Architect

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