Yoryor Surname

469,321st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 716 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Yoryor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Yoryor Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia4301:10,2521,133
Nigeria2811:630,40129,827
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Yoryor (34) may also be a first name.

Yoryor Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yoryor occurs in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Yoryor.

How Common Is The Last Name Yoryor? popularity and diffusion

It is the 469,321st most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 10,178,137 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Yoryor live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Yoryor is also the 1,775,424th most frequent given name at a global level, held by 34 people.

Yoryor is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is borne by 430 people, or 1 in 10,252. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Montserrado County, where 38 percent live, Bong County, where 25 percent live and Margibi County, where 16 percent live. Aside from Liberia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 39 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Ioryor837/
Eoryor831/
Yaryor831/
Yryr801/
Ioryoor771/
Yorer738/
Yorir732/
Ioryar67257/
Yaryar6754/
Iorjor6725/
Yorger6717/
Jorjor6716/
Yorere679/
Ioreor675/
Ytrytr671/
Yorzer671/
Yorire671/
Ytryrt671/
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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 Yoryor
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