Yem Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 8
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 23
Hampshire 7
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 2
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 16
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Yem Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Yem family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 5
Coal Miner 3
Dress Maker 3
General Servant 2
Labourer At Iron Works 2
Collier 2
Ferry Man 1
Seamstress 1
Labourer In General 1
Joiner 1
Paper Hanger 1
Door Keeper 1
Engine Driver 1
Hanlier In Coal Works 1
Haulier 1
House Keeper 1
House Servant 1
Laundress 1
Lace Maker 1
Cook 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Yem

Name Census Frequency
John Yem 23
Thomas Yem 23
Elizabeth Yem 20
Mary Yem 20
William Yem 20
George Yem 14
James Yem 14
Sarah Yem 12
Ann Yem 11
Margaret Yem 11
Stephen Yem 9
Edward Yem 8
Joseph Yem 7
Richard Yem 7
Charles Yem 6
Agnes Yem 5
Alice Yem 5
David Yem 5
Jane Yem 5
Amy Yem 4
Eliza Yem 4
Emily Yem 4
Fanny Yem 4
Henry Yem 4
Isaac Yem 4

Yem Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Yemm 75% 1,017
2 Yem 100% 358

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The surname Yem is the 2nd most popular variant of Yemm.

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