Yrjas Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Yrjas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 42 | 1:130,874 | 12,452 |
| Sweden | 27 | 1:364,695 | 25,646 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
Yrjas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yrjas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yrjas occurs in Finland more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yrjas? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yrjas is the 2,273,756th most common last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname Yrjas occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Yrjas reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname Yrjas is most commonly used in Finland, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 130,874. In Finland it is most common in: Uusimaa, where 50 percent live, Ostrobothnia, where 33 percent live and Southwest Finland, where 10 percent live. Aside from Finland this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 39 percent live and Estonia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erjas | 80 | 748 | / |
| Ayrja | 80 | 24 | / |
| Irjas | 80 | 20 | / |
| Hyrja | 80 | 17 | / |
| Yorja | 80 | 15 | / |
| Yrias | 80 | 4 | / |
| Yrcas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Herjas | 73 | 281 | / |
| Hyrija | 73 | 17 | / |
| Irjais | 73 | 9 | / |
| Yrcash | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ayrias | 73 | 3 | / |
| Erijas | 73 | 2 | / |
| Uyreja | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jirjas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Erjias | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ayreas | 73 | 0 | / |
| Yrza | 67 | 590 | / |
| Irja | 67 | 310 | / |
| Erja | 67 | 140 | / |
| Erejias | 67 | 78 | / |
| Yria | 67 | 37 | / |
| Yrjo | 67 | 25 | / |
| Yrsa | 67 | 16 | / |
| Jrja | 67 | 5 | / |
| Gerjais | 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 Yrjas
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