Yir Surname

1,478,479th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 143 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Yir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey681:1,144,43349,465
Indonesia431:3,075,563171,061
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Syria41:4,825,25612,827
Yemen41:6,606,32425,896
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813

Yir (206) may also be a first name.

Yir Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yir occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yir? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,478,479th most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. The surname Yir is primarily found in Asia, where 90 percent of Yir live; 55 percent live in West Asia and 48 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Yir is also the 630,600th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 206 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 1,144,433. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Hatay Province, where 40 percent are found, Sanliurfa Province, where 21 percent are found and Mersin Province, where 12 percent are found. Besides Turkey this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 30 percent are found and Nigeria, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yire86149/
Yirr8624/
Yirh864/
Yirz861/
Yirp861/
Yirt861/
Ir8022,121/
Yr80510/
Yisre754/
Yirre754/
Yirrz751/
Air6728,402/
Gir6722,670/
Yor679,068/
Ayr675,361/
Ire672,706/
Hir671,676/
Jir671,438/
Ior671,435/
Ier67693/
Irr67485/
Yhr67483/
Irt67226/
Yre67114/
Uir67106/
Ird6778/
Eir6762/
Ihr6746/
Ysr6742/
Hyr6737/
Yrp6737/
Yrr6731/
Irp6729/
Isr6725/
Oir6724/
Irz6723/
Itr6722/
Ytr6718/
Yrz6712/
Yrh6711/
Oyr679/
Ijr678/
Irh678/
Uyr678/
Yrd677/
Jyr675/
Yrt674/
Áir672/
Eyr672/
Yår671/
Irø671/

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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 Yir
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