YeLin

surname · Latin script

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 16 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026

/jɛlin/(machine-generated) Turkish · model-generated

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YeLin is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country.

  • ARArgentina1 in 700K(measured from records)
  • PLPoland1 in 1.1M
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 1.5Mfew records

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Türkiye (inferred from the name graph)

≈360 people, est.

Record sources
118 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 241K (inferred from the name graph)

Türkiye, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

How to pronounce YeLin

  • Turkish:/jɛlin/(machine-generated) model-generated
  • Spanish:/jɛlin/(machine-generated) model-generated

Readings marked model-generated were transcribed by a model; the others are quoted from the dictionary named.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where the surname YeLin is found

(measured from records)

YeLin counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where YeLin is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye≈360 est.≈1 in 241K—YeLin3
US United States1881 in 1.8M205YeLin118
AR Argentina651 in 700K65——
GB United Kingdom≈47 est.≈1 in 1.5M8YeLin25
ZA South Africa≈37 est.≈1 in 1.8M—YeLin1
PL Poland351 in 1.1M31——
IL Israel≈20 est.≈1 in 503K—YeLin7
SG Singapore≈8 est.≈1 in 744K—YeLin4

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

YeLin is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Mexico, Peru

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Yelín

  • Russian surname19 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Türkiye

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

    Also written Елин, Єлін, Elin, Елін, Єлин

  • Chinese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, China, Singapore

    Also written Ye-Lin

  • Burmese surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Myanmar (Burma)

    Also written Yęĺīń, Ýélíń, Ÿèlîñ, Yelîn

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, France

    Also written Yélin, Yelïn

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Ye-Lin

  • Korean given name12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Korea, Honduras, United States, Peru

    Languages: Korean, Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written 예린, Yerin, Ye-Rin, Ye-Lin, Yerín

27 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses

(measured from records)

YeLin is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Azerbaijani, udder

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name

(measured from records)
18801900192019401960Eliezer Yellin, b. 1888Thelma Yellin, b. 1895Gilah Yelin Hirsch, b. 1944

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them

(machine-generated)
FormalDear Ms Yelin,
InformalHi Yelin,

Evidence

(measured from records)

27 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 16 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce YeLin?
It depends on the language: in Turkish /jɛlin/; in Spanish /jɛlin/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
Which countries have the most people with the surname YeLin?
Mondonomo estimates about 355 people named YeLin in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled YeLin. After it come United States, Argentina, United Kingdom and South Africa; the country table on this page ranks them.
How common is the name YeLin?
In the United States, the national register counted 188 people named YeLin in 2010, about 1 in 1.8 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “YeLin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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