Anyiro Surname

919,444th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 288 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Anyiro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Anyiro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda2491:156,78413,701
Nigeria381:4,661,652124,734
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Anyiro Last Name Facts

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

The surname Anyiro occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Anyiro? popularity and diffusion

It is the 919,444th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 25,303,979 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Anyiro are found; 87 percent are found in East Africa and 82 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 249 people, or 1 in 156,784. In Uganda Anyiro is most frequent in: Amuria District, where 53 percent reside, Soroti District, where 21 percent reside and Kaberamaido District, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Uganda Anyiro exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 13 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ganyiro926/
Anyira83790/
Aniero83492/
Onyiro83440/
Anyero83331/
Anjiro8313/
Ganyira77188/
Anyirah7782/
Ganiero7744/
Onyiroh7711/
Onyiero773/
Anjioro773/
Asniero772/
Anyiera772/
Ganyero771/
Gonyiro771/
Ainiero771/
Anheiro771/
Añiro7313/
Hanehiro71448/
Onyiroha7123/
Hangeiro716/
Anyiorga714/
Gangeiro713/
Anyirach713/
Hanjirou712/
Ganyirah711/
Angeyira711/
Anyiorah711/
Ganjairo711/
Agnero675,303/
Angero671,049/
Anyera67649/
Onyero67392/
Anjira67287/
Anjero67152/
Onyira6798/
Onjiro678/
Aniera676/
Añiero674/
Añeiro671/
Oniero671/
Onyiruoha671/

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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 Anyiro
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