Yerwe Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chad
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Yerwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yerwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Yerwe Last Name Facts

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

Yerwe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺮﻭ) is found most in Chad. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yerwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yerwe is the 10,311,814th most common family name internationally, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Yerwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Yerwe reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 33 percent reside in Chadic Africa.

The surname Yerwe is most widespread in Chad, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 13,592,199. Excluding Chad this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 33 percent are found and The Philippines, where 33 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yerwei911/
Yerweh911/
Yerbe80197/
Yerwa80135/
Erweë8014/
Yerve8014/
Erweh806/
Earwe802/
Jerwe801/
Errwe801/
Yerwi801/
Erhwe801/
Yerue801/
Ayerbe732,630/
Ayerve731,324/
Yerves73969/
Yervez73117/
Yerbey7383/
Iyerve736/
Yerbeh736/
Jerweh735/
Yierve734/
Ayerue732/
Yerway731/
Yerwaa731/
Yerues731/
Ayerwa731/
Jerwee731/
Yerzue731/
Eurwea731/
Erue67466/
Erve67442/
Aheirwe67143/
Ayerves6721/
Ayeroue675/
Jerw673/
Gayarwe671/
Eyeruhe671/
Yervesh671/
Jerwett670/

Yerwe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yerwe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻳﺮﻭyrw-

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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 Yerwe
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