Idirissa Surname

540,721st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 594 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Niger

Idirissa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Idirissa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2451:723,03233,123
Niger1571:122,2424,752
Cameroon1331:156,15817,045
Benin371:279,34123,629
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
Burkina Faso91:2,039,12215,494
France21:33,211,361423,184
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Idirissa (312) may also be a first name.

Idirissa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Idirissa is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Idirissa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 540,721st most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,268,596 people. Idirissa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Idirissa live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Idirissa is also the 497,456th most frequently occurring forename on earth, held by 312 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 245 people, or 1 in 723,032. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Yobe, where 98 percent live, Lagos, where 1 percent live and Borno, where 0 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 26 percent live and Cameroon, where 22 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Idirrissa941/
Idirisa935,181/
Idirissi88138/
Iderissa8811/
Idirisah882/
Ihdirisa881/
Idirisau881/
Idirisis881/
Yidirisa881/
Idirisha881/
Idirissou82211/
Iddirissi822/
Iddirisah821/
Idirisi80182/
Edirisa8043/
Idirusa8022/
Iderisa8012/
Idirise8010/
Idiriso8010/
Idiresa806/
Iderissi75171/
Idirishi756/
Idirisou754/
Iddirisi753/
Iderisse752/
Edirisau751/
Edhirisa751/
Iderisah751/
Idurisea751/
Udhirisah7117/
Hiderisse711/
Edirisi675/
Idurusa673/
Ideresa672/
Ediresa671/
Idiresi671/
Edirise671/
Ederisa671/
Iderisi671/

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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 Idirissa
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