Yerima Surname
Approximately 42,271 people bear this surname
Yerima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 24,371 | 1:7,269 | 851 |
| Benin | 5,301 | 1:1,950 | 243 |
| Togo | 4,725 | 1:1,534 | 155 |
| Chad | 3,081 | 1:4,412 | 701 |
| Cameroon | 2,800 | 1:7,418 | 918 |
| Niger | 1,890 | 1:10,155 | 777 |
| Central African Republic | 16 | 1:282,212 | 92 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Yérima (9) are calculated separately.
Yerima (26,947) may also be a first name.
Yerima Demographics
Yerima Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Yerima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yerima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yerima occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found as: Yérima. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yerima? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 13,247th most frequently held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 172,401 people. The surname Yerima occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yerima live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 30,245th most frequent forename at a global level. It is borne by 26,947 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 24,371 people, or 1 in 7,269. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Adamawa, where 15 percent live, Yobe, where 12 percent live and Taraba, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Yerima occurs in 28 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 13 percent live and Togo, where 11 percent live.
Yerima Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Muslim (57%) in Nigeria.
Yerima earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 31.45% more than the national average, earning $56,719 USD per year.
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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 Yerima
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