Jerehe Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Jerehe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jerehe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon121:1,730,75692,157
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Jerehe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jerehe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Jerehe is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jerehe? popularity and diffusion

Jerehe is the 5,391,485th most common family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. Jerehe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Jerehe are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Chadic Africa.

The last name Jerehe is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 1,730,756. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon it exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yerehe8315/
Jeraee836/
Jerahe833/
Jere'e831/
Jehree831/
Jerohe831/
Jerjees7759/
Jereije7711/
Jera'ee775/
Jerryee771/
Jereaih771/
Jerge73553/
Jerie73428/
Jerye7376/
Jerje7333/
Erihe7332/
Jereu733/
Ereae732/
Jerjeesh711/
Jeries67157/
Jeriha67151/
Gergeh6791/
Jerahi6779/
Jerjes6752/
Jerier6734/
Jerrie6730/
Jeureu6727/
Jerjer6720/
Jereai6713/
Jeryes6710/
Jeroey679/
Jeri'e679/
Yerehi678/
Jerije676/
Jeerge675/
Jergeľ673/
Jerrye673/
Jesrie672/
Jerhge671/
Yergeh671/
Ereije671/
Jeereu671/
Jeryer671/
Ereyie671/
Errieh671/
Jetrie671/
Jergie671/
Ergehi671/
Jerzie670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Jerehe
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