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 most in Benin. It can occur in the variant forms: Yeré, Yéré or Yèrè. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yere? popularity and diffusion
It is the 132,555th most widely held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 2,140,248 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 64 percent of Yere live; 52 percent live in West Africa and 48 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yere is also the 147,913th most frequent first name globally It is held by 2,491 people.
The last name Yere is most numerous in Benin, where it is held by 689 people, or 1 in 15,001. In Benin Yere is mostly found in: Borgou Department, where 80 percent reside, Atakora Department, where 17 percent reside and Alibori Department, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Benin it is found in 44 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 19 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 15 percent reside.
Yere Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Yere surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered with 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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Yere
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