Yir Surname
Approximately 143 people bear this surname
Yir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 68 | 1:1,144,433 | 49,465 |
| Indonesia | 43 | 1:3,075,563 | 171,061 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
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
Yir occurs in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yir? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,478,479th most commonly used last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Yir are found; 55 percent are found in West Asia and 48 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 630,600th most widely held forename throughout the world It is held by 206 people.
Yir is most widespread in Turkey, where it is carried by 68 people, or 1 in 1,144,433. In Turkey it is most numerous in: Hatay Province, where 40 percent reside, Sanliurfa Province, where 21 percent reside and Mersin Province, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Turkey this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 30 percent reside and Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yire | 86 | 149 | / |
| Yirr | 86 | 24 | / |
| Yirh | 86 | 4 | / |
| Yirz | 86 | 1 | / |
| Yirp | 86 | 1 | / |
| Yirt | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ir | 80 | 22,121 | / |
| Yr | 80 | 510 | / |
| Yisre | 75 | 4 | / |
| Yirre | 75 | 4 | / |
| Yirrz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Air | 67 | 28,402 | / |
| Gir | 67 | 22,670 | / |
| Yor | 67 | 9,068 | / |
| Ayr | 67 | 5,361 | / |
| Ire | 67 | 2,706 | / |
| Hir | 67 | 1,676 | / |
| Jir | 67 | 1,438 | / |
| Ior | 67 | 1,435 | / |
| Ier | 67 | 693 | / |
| Irr | 67 | 485 | / |
| Yhr | 67 | 483 | / |
| Irt | 67 | 226 | / |
| Yre | 67 | 114 | / |
| Uir | 67 | 106 | / |
| Ird | 67 | 78 | / |
| Eir | 67 | 62 | / |
| Ihr | 67 | 46 | / |
| Ysr | 67 | 42 | / |
| Hyr | 67 | 37 | / |
| Yrp | 67 | 37 | / |
| Yrr | 67 | 31 | / |
| Irp | 67 | 29 | / |
| Isr | 67 | 25 | / |
| Oir | 67 | 24 | / |
| Irz | 67 | 23 | / |
| Itr | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ytr | 67 | 18 | / |
| Yrz | 67 | 12 | / |
| Yrh | 67 | 11 | / |
| Oyr | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ijr | 67 | 8 | / |
| Irh | 67 | 8 | / |
| Uyr | 67 | 8 | / |
| Yrd | 67 | 7 | / |
| Jyr | 67 | 5 | / |
| Yrt | 67 | 4 | / |
| Áir | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eyr | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yår | 67 | 1 | / |
| Irø | 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
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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 Yir
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