Yurub Surname

657,184th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 458 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Yurub Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yurub Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya4511:102,3948,916
Somalia41:3,363,0155,093
England21:27,859,030389,889
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Yurub (6,402) may also be a first name.

Yurub Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yurub is most common in Kenya. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yurub? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 657,184th most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 15,911,672 people. Yurub occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yurub are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 82,163rd most commonly used forename on earth. It is borne by 6,402 people.

The surname Yurub is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 451 people, or 1 in 102,394. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Wajir County, where 65 percent are found, Garissa County, where 34 percent are found and Mandera County, where 1 percent are found. Not including Kenya this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Somalia, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yuruf8011/
Yurup803/
Jurub801/
Yusruf734/
Yuruff732/
Yuruph731/
Youruph671/
Yurupova625/
Yurow6098/
Juruv6045/
Jurup6015/
Juruf608/
Juruw601/
Iurup601/
Jurob601/
Jurupe55561/
Jorubh559/
Iurupe555/
Juurup554/
Yuroev554/
Yuroof551/
Hjhurup501/

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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 Yurub
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