Yurwe Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Yurwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Yurwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yurwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yurwe is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yurwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most common surname globally, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Yurwe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yurwe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 1,929,780. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 88 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 13 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Malawi, where 11 percent live.
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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 Yurwe
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