Yergue Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Yergue Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Yergue Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania551:74,4525,004
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Yergue Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yergue (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺮﻙ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yergue? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,530,696th most commonly held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. Yergue occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yergue live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

Yergue is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 74,452. In Mauritania Yergue is primarily concentrated in: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 29 percent live, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 24 percent live and Trarza Region, where 15 percent live. Other than Mauritania it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 2 percent live and Chad, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yergoue921/
Gergue83135/
Yergui8312/
Jergue834/
Yerg80528/
Jergoue771/
Yerke73542/
Yoerg73210/
Yergh7313/
Erkue731/
Ergwe731/
Geringue710/
Yeyrek67796/
Erg67109/
Jerque6736/
Ierque6711/
Jergui676/
Yerqui674/
Erguay672/
Yergwa671/
Yerguaitt671/
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Yergue Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yergue in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻳﺮﻙyrk-

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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 Yergue
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