Yerigue Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Yerigue Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yerigue Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

Yerigue (14) may also be a first name.

Yerigue Last Name Facts

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

Yerigue (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺮﻳﻚ) occurs most in The Ivory Coast. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Yerigue.

How Common Is The Last Name Yerigue? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yerigue reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 25 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 14 people.

The last name is most frequently held in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 11,535,616. In The Ivory Coast Yerigue is most frequent in: Savanes District, where 50 percent live and Woroba District, where 50 percent live. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 25 percent live and Mauritania, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yereigue9320/
Yeraigue9314/
Yerigui86107/
Yeregue8640/
Yerig8315/
Iherigue801/
Yeraigua801/
Yerike7741/
Yereig7715/
Eregue771/
Yeraig771/
Yergec771/
Erig73747/
Yeregui71510/
Erregue7173/
Yeregbe7123/
Jerique716/
Yoehrig714/
Yereigh712/
Eriguay711/
Jeregue711/
Ereigwe711/
Gerig673,008/
Yerex67315/
Yerek67176/
Jerig6797/
Yerik6784/
Errig6746/
Yeric6739/
Yerec6716/
Yereg6715/
Ergek6712/
Ergig678/
Erhig673/
Ergeg672/
Erraique671/
Ierig671/
Erickque671/
Eraig671/
Ereig670/
Erigh670/
Eruig670/

Yerigue Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yerigue in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻳﺮﻳﻚyryk-

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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 Yerigue
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