Yere Surname
Approximately 3,405 people bear this surname
Yere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 689 | 1:15,001 | 2,029 |
| Philippines | 654 | 1:154,799 | 25,689 |
| Ivory Coast | 505 | 1:45,686 | 2,885 |
| Burkina Faso | 440 | 1:41,709 | 2,041 |
| Cameroon | 253 | 1:82,091 | 10,026 |
| Nigeria | 218 | 1:812,581 | 36,138 |
| India | 211 | 1:3,635,381 | 101,965 |
| Kenya | 123 | 1:375,446 | 21,575 |
| Papua New Guinea | 104 | 1:78,401 | 10,308 |
| Chile | 30 | 1:587,216 | 14,299 |
| United States | 29 | 1:12,498,584 | 473,286 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Ecuador | 25 | 1:636,234 | 11,898 |
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| Mauritania | 17 | 1:240,874 | 11,443 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Armenia | 3 | 1:976,727 | 13,552 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
The alternate forms: Yeré (22), Yéré (2) & Yèrè (1) are calculated separately.
Yere (2,491) may also be a first name.
Yere Demographics
Average Yere Salary in
United States
$67,261 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yere Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yere (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺮﻱ, Marathi: येरे) occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Yeré, Yéré or Yèrè. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yere? popularity and diffusion
Yere is the 132,555th most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,140,248 people. The last name Yere is primarily found in Africa, where 64 percent of Yere reside; 52 percent reside in West Africa and 48 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yere is also the 147,913th most widely held given name globally, held by 2,491 people.
It is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 689 people, or 1 in 15,001. In Benin it is mostly found in: Borgou Department, where 80 percent reside, Atakora Department, where 17 percent reside and Alibori Department, where 3 percent reside. Besides Benin this last name occurs in 44 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 19 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 15 percent reside.
Yere Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Yere surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.
Yere earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 55.88% more than the national average, earning $67,261 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yere Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yere in the Marathi language | ||
| येरे | yere | 99.13 |
| Yere in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺮﻱ | yry | 20 |
| ﻳﺮﻩ | yrh | 20 |
| ﻳﺮ | yr | 20 |
| ﻳﺮﻯ | yry | 13.33 |
| ﻳﺮﻭ | yrw | 13.33 |
| ﻳﻴﺮﻩ | yyrh | 6.67 |
| ﻳﻴﺮ | yyr | 6.67 |
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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 Yere
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