Yerewa Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Yerewa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yerewa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yerewa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yerewa is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Yerewa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yerewa? popularity and diffusion

Yerewa is the 10,311,814th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Yerewa are found; 33 percent are found in Central Africa and 33 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 73,879,570. Without taking into account The DR Congo Yerewa occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yerewad9224/
Yerewat921/
Aiyerewa861/
Yereba8366/
Yerawa8312/
Yeriwa8310/
Jerewa835/
Erewha831/
Ereway831/
Yerevad77284/
Gereway77261/
Jerewai77116/
Erejwua7711/
Yereeva776/
Jereiwa772/
Yeriwah771/
Ereva73130/
Yerisway711/
Jeriwa67210/
Ereeva67140/
Yerava6796/
Yerebo6775/
Gereva6755/
Ereiva6748/
Yerebe6744/
Ereyva6720/
Yerebi6715/
Yeriwo679/
Erejua679/
Jereva676/
Jerewo675/
Yeriba674/
Erewui673/
Erewuo673/
Eriowa673/
Yeriva673/
Jerawa673/
Erivea672/
Yeryva671/
Jerewe671/
Yerrisway671/
Yereby671/
Jereba671/
Erevai671/
Yeriwe671/
Yeribe671/

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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 Yerewa
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