Diriyai Surname

1,353,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 164 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Diriyai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Diriyai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1571:1,128,29846,367
England41:13,929,515290,718
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Diriyai Last Name Facts

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

The surname Diriyai is most common in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Diriyai.

How Common Is The Last Name Diriyai? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,353,468th most widely held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 44,436,256 people. The last name Diriyai is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Diriyai are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 157 people, or 1 in 1,128,298. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 83 percent are found, Rivers, where 8 percent are found and Lagos, where 5 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dirayai8647/
Deriyai867/
Dhirayai803/
Dirayait801/
Diriyey7110/
Diriyee714/
Derayai711/
Dirayaj711/
Dirayay711/
Diraiej711/
Deraiyay6719/
Deraiyaj673/

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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 Diriyai
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