Yayere Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Yayere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Yayere (7) may also be a first name.
Yayere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yayere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yayere is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yayere? popularity and diffusion
Yayere is the 10,311,814th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yayere are found; 67 percent are found in Central Africa and 67 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Yayere is also the 4,548,448th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 7 people.
It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Yayere is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 50 percent reside and East Region, where 50 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 33 percent reside.
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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 Yayere
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