Yore is used as a family name or surname in Papua New Guinea. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Yore
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Papua New Guinea
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Yore

How popular is Yore?

Yore is common in Papua New Guinea.

Yore is ranked 136012 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Yores plummeted by 14.03118 per cent to 386 since 2000 and slipped by 8541 spots and ranked at 53538. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.9 91.31
Black 6.74 5.57
Hispanic or Latino 1.81 0
Yore is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Papua New Guinea which may be its originating country too. Around 2855 people have been found who wears Yore as their family name. Yore is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
46,707 New Zealand5
35,789 Turkey3
118,015 Netherlands1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
7,314 Bolivia1
31,584 Peru1
53,033 Nigeria1
38,063 Mauritania1
277,603 France1
29,046 Japan1
7,292 Vietnam1
29,774 Venezuela1
17,575 Kuwait1
2,057 Myanmar1
77,122 Sweden1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
146,725 Indonesia50
268,531 India43
189,966 Canada11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
12,775 Israel82
31,862 Australia71
Countries with hundreds of Yore:
45,519 United States596
2,362 Paraguay227
2,693 Ireland158
40,243 England102
Countries with thousands of Yore:
715 Papua New Guinea1,494
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Catherine Yore worked as immigrant and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 28 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Abeona and arrived on December 7, 1849. Immigrant Catherine Yore, Peter Yore, aged 2, Mich. Yore, aged 45, Workman G. Yore, 23 years old T. Yore, are others that migrated to US.

Yore Namesakes

  • Ece Yörenç, Screenwriter
  • Samvel Yorents, Film Editor
  • Clem Yore, Author
  • Maeve Yore, Actress

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