Yiire Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Yiire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
Yiire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yiire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yiire is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yiire? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,391,485th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yiire live; 69 percent live in East Africa and 69 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Yiire is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 4,337,698. In Uganda Yiire is mostly found in: Namutumba District, where 78 percent live, Bukomansimbi District, where 11 percent live and Mukono District, where 11 percent live. Apart from Uganda this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Ghana, where 31 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yiitre | 91 | 1 | / |
| Iire | 89 | 26 | / |
| Yiir | 89 | 2 | / |
| Hiire | 80 | 1,805 | / |
| Giire | 80 | 1,172 | / |
| Ijire | 80 | 87 | / |
| Ihire | 80 | 42 | / |
| Ieire | 80 | 22 | / |
| Yiira | 80 | 13 | / |
| Jiire | 80 | 13 | / |
| Yoire | 80 | 10 | / |
| Iiret | 80 | 3 | / |
| Iiree | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yihir | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yiere | 80 | 1 | / |
| Iir | 75 | 220 | / |
| Ihiere | 73 | 85 | / |
| Uyiere | 73 | 9 | / |
| Hiirey | 73 | 7 | / |
| Gihire | 73 | 6 | / |
| Iehire | 73 | 5 | / |
| Jijire | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ijiere | 73 | 3 | / |
| Iaaire | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ijgire | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yieiri | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ijaire | 73 | 1 | / |
| Giireh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ayiere | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ihirhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ioiore | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iiresh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Giijre | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gioire | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hiireh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yieres | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yere | 67 | 3,405 | / |
| Ijir | 67 | 1,220 | / |
| Jiir | 67 | 728 | / |
| Iiri | 67 | 350 | / |
| Iior | 67 | 330 | / |
| Hiir | 67 | 98 | / |
| Yier | 67 | 84 | / |
| Ihir | 67 | 63 | / |
| Iere | 67 | 33 | / |
| Iira | 67 | 31 | / |
| Giir | 67 | 30 | / |
| Iyre | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ioir | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hiireey | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yoir | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jyir | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iirr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iirz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iisr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ieir | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iihr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iitr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gaayire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yiyr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yjre | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yhir | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iird | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yijr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wanyire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hihiret | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Yiire
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