Yema
surname · Latin script
Meaning: egg yolk
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ʝema/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Yema is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Congo - Kinshasa than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 197K(inferred from the name graph)
- CDCongo - Kinshasa≈1 in 88K
- ARArgentina1 in 433K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Congo - Kinshasa (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 66 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 88K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,200 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Congo - Kinshasa, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
egg yolk
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Yema 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 88K | — | Yema | 4 |
| PH Philippines | ≈550 est. | ≈1 in 197K | — | Yema | 18 |
| AR Argentina | 105 | 1 in 433K | 105 | Yema | 26 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈64 est. | ≈1 in 3.3M | — | Yema | 9 |
| US United States | ≈22 est. | ≈1 in 15M | 5 | Yema | 66 |
| NL Netherlands | ≈10 est. | ≈1 in 1.7M | — | Yema | 3 |
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: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Yema is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In dag, conscience: Niqma a yema ni. Do according to your conscience. A yema ni ka a ni bag din tuhi. By your conscience you will know what is right
as a wordDagbani Dictionary CD
In Filipino, a sweet custard candy ball or pyramid made with egg yolks, condensed milk, sugar or butter, and other additional ingredients, dipped in a sweet syrup and usually wrapped in cellophane
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Cebuano, a sweet custard candy ball made with egg yolks and condensed milk
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Asturian, yolk (yellow of egg)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In osp, yolk (of an egg)
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.
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 16 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 105 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Yema mean, and where does it come from?
- egg yolk Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Yema?
- A machine transcription gives /ʝema/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Yema have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.2 thousand people named Yema in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yema.
- How common is the name Yema?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 105 people named Yema, about 1 in 433 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/yemaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Yema”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.