Yegre Surname

998,609th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 256 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Yegre Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yegre Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso1681:109,2393,298
France501:1,328,454133,611
Venezuela221:1,372,91318,810
Ivory Coast131:1,774,71034,235
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yegre (22) may also be a first name.

Yegre Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yegre (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻘﺮﻩ) is found in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yegre? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 998,609th most commonly held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 28,466,976 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 71 percent of Yegre live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yegre is also the 2,301,746th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 22 people.

The last name is most common in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 168 people, or 1 in 109,239. In Burkina Faso it is mostly found in: Centre-Est Region, where 99 percent live and Est Region, where 1 percent live. Apart from Burkina Faso it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in France, where 20 percent live and Venezuela, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yegres912,401/
Yegrez9119/
Yegere912/
Yegred911/
Yeghre911/
Egre891,775/
Eyeghre8366/
Yiegere831/
Yegreah831/
Yeger80399/
Egrei80396/
Eghre8040/
Egrey8020/
Gegre8014/
Yegir807/
Yegra804/
Iegre803/
Aegre803/
Egree803/
Ecgre802/
Eagre801/
Egrea801/
Uygre801/
Yegri801/
Oegre800/
Yieghere773/
Yiehgreh771/
Jegere73778/
Yenger73178/
Heigre73136/
Yegher73117/
Geghre7346/
Ejegre7345/
Eygret7335/
Ajegre7319/
Aygret7316/
Yegger7314/
Owegre7310/
Jengre7310/
Goegre737/
Yegriz736/
Ayegra734/
Eigere734/
Yeguer734/
Yeyger734/
Eggrey733/
Yoeger731/
Yieger731/
Aiegre731/
Gengre731/
Yegier731/
Yeghra731/
Gegreh731/
Eagres730/
Eger6715,753/
Egri674,901/
Egry67414/
Egir67152/
Yienger6779/
Yengger6776/
Ejegreh6773/
Ejeghre6747/
Heygere6721/
Ajeghre6716/
Yesguer675/
Egré672/
Ijegere672/
Eigrett671/
Ajegrey671/
Eyegrit671/
Yengeer671/
Yheager671/
Ayagrey671/
Jegreat671/
Oyaghre671/
Egjr671/
Yennger670/
Yoeager670/
Yaeiger670/
Heagrey670/

Yegre Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yegre in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻳﻘﺮﻩyqrh-

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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
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  • 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 Yegre
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