Yem

See also: Appendix:Variations of "yem"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Khmer យ៉ែម (yaem).

Proper noun

Yem (plural Yems)

1. A surname from Khmer.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Yem is the 41579^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 523 individuals. Yem is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (91.2%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Yem”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.