Yerefu Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Yerefu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Yerefu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia251:3,901,85010,182
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Yerefu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yerefu has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Yerefu.

How Common Is The Last Name Yerefu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Yerefu is the 3,798,600th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Yerefu live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa.

The surname Yerefu is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 3,901,850. Other than Ethiopia this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Erefu911/
Yerafu832/
Erefou831/
Gerefau771/
Erifu7376/
Eraifu674/
Errifu671/
Areefu671/
Ejeriofu572/
Ourefouj571/

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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 Yerefu
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis