Yerga Surname
Approximately 5,549 people bear this surname
Yerga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 4,668 | 1:20,897 | 2,688 |
| Spain | 725 | 1:64,486 | 5,817 |
| United States | 54 | 1:6,712,202 | 314,667 |
| Nigeria | 50 | 1:3,542,855 | 104,248 |
| Niger | 27 | 1:710,815 | 16,981 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Yerga (23,769) may also be a first name.
Yerga Demographics
Yerga Political Affiliation
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Yerga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yerga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yerga (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺮﻙ, Marathi: येरगा) has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Yerga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yerga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 86,778th most common last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,313,308 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Yerga reside; 84 percent reside in East Africa and 84 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Yerga is also the 33,266th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 23,769 people.
It is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is held by 4,668 people, or 1 in 20,897. Besides Ethiopia Yerga exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 13 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Yerga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Yerga has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Yerga surname grew 771 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Yerga Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Yerga surname are 34.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 87.5% being registered with the party.
The amount Yerga earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 41.1% less than the national average, earning 203,829 kr per year and in United States they earn 38.44% more than the national average, earning $59,736 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yerga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yerga in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺮﻙ | yrk | - |
| Yerga in the Marathi language | ||
| येरगा | yeraga | - |
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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 Yerga
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