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
The surname Yerek is found most in Israel. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yerek? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,290,735th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 41,406,511 people. The last name Yerek is mostly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Yerek are found; 85 percent are found in West Asia and 59 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 14 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Israel, where it is borne by 103 people, or 1 in 83,084. In Israel Yerek is most numerous in: Haifa District, where 24 percent are found, Tel Aviv District, where 21 percent are found and Central District, where 19 percent are found. Other than Israel this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 39 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Yerek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Yerek has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Yerek surname contracted 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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