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 more in Finland more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Yrjas click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yrjas? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yrjas is the 2,273,756th most commonly used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Yrjas reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in Scandinavia.
This surname is most commonly held in Finland, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 130,874. In Finland it is primarily found in: Uusimaa, where 50 percent reside, Ostrobothnia, where 33 percent reside and Southwest Finland, where 10 percent reside. Barring Finland this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 39 percent reside and Estonia, where 1 percent reside.
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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