Yereke Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Yereke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 67 | 1:2,643,922 | 85,652 |
| Benin | 20 | 1:516,780 | 33,864 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
Yereke (69) may also be a first name.
Yereke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yereke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yereke (Marathi: येरेके) is most common in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yereke? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yereke is the 1,871,545th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Yereke live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yereke is also the 1,171,416th most widely held given name internationally It is held by 69 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 2,643,922. In Nigeria Yereke is most common in: Delta, where 64 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 36 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Yereke occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 20 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yereke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yereke in the Marathi language | ||
| येरेके | yereke | - |
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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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- 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 Yereke
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