Ezire Surname
Approximately 212 people bear this surname
Ezire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 203 | 1:872,624 | 38,134 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ezire (33) may also be a first name.
Ezire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ezire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ezire is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ezire.
How Common Is The Last Name Ezire? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ezire is the 1,136,896th most commonly used surname globally, held by around 1 in 34,375,217 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ezire live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ezire is also the 1,807,719th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 33 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 203 people, or 1 in 872,624. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 60 percent are found, Rivers, where 12 percent are found and Edo, where 6 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 3 percent are found and Burundi, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Ezire
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