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
Yere Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Yere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yere (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺮﻱ, Marathi: येरे) is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Yeré, Yéré or Yèrè. Click here for further potential spellings of Yere.
How Common Is The Last Name Yere? popularity and diffusion
It is the 132,555th most widespread surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,140,248 people. The surname Yere is mostly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Yere live; 52 percent live in West Africa and 48 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 147,913th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 2,491 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 689 people, or 1 in 15,001. In Benin Yere is most frequent in: Borgou Department, where 80 percent live, Atakora Department, where 17 percent live and Alibori Department, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Benin it occurs in 44 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 19 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 15 percent live.
Yere Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Yere surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Yere last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being 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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- 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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