Yorubas Surname
Approximately 233 people bear this surname
Yorubas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 232 | 1:335,437 | 21,392 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yorubas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yorubas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yorubas is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yorubas? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,067,497th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 31,277,021 people. The surname Yorubas is predominantly found in Asia, where 64 percent of Yorubas reside; 64 percent reside in West Asia and 64 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.
The last name is most widely held in Turkey, where it is borne by 232 people, or 1 in 335,437. In Turkey Yorubas is mostly concentrated in: Zonguldak Province, where 51 percent live, Istanbul Province, where 35 percent live and Ankara Province, where 5 percent live. Excluding Turkey it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yoruba | 92 | 61 | / |
| Yorouba | 86 | 245 | / |
| Ayoruba | 86 | 21 | / |
| Yorubay | 86 | 1 | / |
| Oyoruba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Yoroba | 77 | 378 | / |
| Yoruva | 77 | 35 | / |
| Yaruba | 77 | 27 | / |
| Erubas | 77 | 14 | / |
| Jarubas | 71 | 111 | / |
| Yoroboa | 71 | 11 | / |
| Erubase | 71 | 11 | / |
| Ayoroba | 71 | 9 | / |
| Yarouba | 71 | 6 | / |
| Ajoruba | 71 | 5 | / |
| Yorobaa | 71 | 3 | / |
| Aioruba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yorobay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yarubay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oyoroba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yarzuba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jarubasz | 67 | 30 | / |
| Jorubhai | 67 | 27 | / |
| Erubashe | 67 | 11 | / |
| Yoroubou | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ayorobau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jourubai | 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 Yorubas
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