Yerek Surname
Approximately 176 people bear this surname
Yerek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 103 | 1:83,084 | 9,968 |
| Turkey | 68 | 1:1,144,433 | 49,465 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Yerek (14) may also be a first name.
Yerek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yerek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yerek is found in Israel more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yerek? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,290,735th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 41,406,511 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 85 percent of Yerek reside; 85 percent reside in West Asia and 59 percent reside in Judeo-West Asia. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 14 people.
This surname is most common in Israel, where it is borne by 103 people, or 1 in 83,084. In Israel Yerek is most prevalent in: Haifa District, where 24 percent reside, Tel Aviv District, where 21 percent reside and Central District, where 19 percent reside. Aside from Israel this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 39 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Yerek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Yerek has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Yerek surname fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Yerek
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