Yerow Surname
Approximately 937 people bear this surname
Yerow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 474 | 1:97,426 | 8,587 |
| Somalia | 441 | 1:30,504 | 1,579 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Yerow (127) may also be a first name.
Yerow Demographics
Yerow Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Yerow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yerow Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yerow (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺮﻭ) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yerow? popularity and diffusion
It is the 380,576th most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 7,777,530 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Yerow are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. Yerow is also the 825,494th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 127 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 474 people, or 1 in 97,426. In Kenya it is most common in: Garissa County, where 96 percent reside, Mandera County, where 2 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 1 percent reside. Beside Kenya it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Somalia, where 47 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Yerow Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Yerow last name is predominantly Muslim (93%) in Kenya.
Yerow earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 32.5% less than the national average, earning $29,125 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yerow Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yerow in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺮﻭ | yrw | - |
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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 Yerow
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