Yerer Surname
Approximately 158 people bear this surname
Yerer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 79 | 1:584,556 | 27,458 |
| Turkey | 46 | 1:1,691,770 | 62,957 |
| Uganda | 30 | 1:1,301,309 | 50,636 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Yerer (25) may also be a first name.
Yerer Demographics
Yerer Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Yerer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yerer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yerer is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Yerer.
How Common Is The Last Name Yerer? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,385,851st most frequently held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 46,123,708 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Yerer are found; 69 percent are found in East Africa and 69 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 25 people.
The surname Yerer is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 584,556. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: West Pokot County, where 99 percent reside and Baringo County, where 1 percent reside. Not including Kenya it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 29 percent reside and Uganda, where 19 percent reside.
Yerer Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Yerer last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Yerer
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