Idris Surname
Approximately 1,080,756 people bear this surname
Idris Surname Definition:
(Welsh) Descendant of Idris (ardent lord).
Idris Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 725,125 | 1:244 | 24 |
| Sudan | 154,841 | 1:242 | 30 |
| Indonesia | 48,139 | 1:2,747 | 330 |
| Eritrea | 19,930 | 1:238 | 93 |
| Malaysia | 19,554 | 1:1,508 | 229 |
| Syria | 16,039 | 1:1,203 | 160 |
| Ethiopia | 15,937 | 1:6,121 | 971 |
| Libya | 12,347 | 1:506 | 92 |
| Yemen | 8,829 | 1:2,993 | 458 |
| Bangladesh | 8,291 | 1:19,220 | 1,378 |
| India | 6,680 | 1:114,830 | 7,479 |
| Egypt | 4,942 | 1:18,603 | 2,156 |
| Iraq | 4,878 | 1:7,180 | 621 |
| Kenya | 3,307 | 1:13,964 | 1,716 |
| Jordan | 3,273 | 1:2,702 | 539 |
| Somalia | 3,088 | 1:4,356 | 382 |
| Ghana | 2,840 | 1:9,514 | 1,275 |
| Afghanistan | 2,490 | 1:12,913 | 812 |
| Palestine | 2,162 | 1:2,104 | 422 |
| Philippines | 1,987 | 1:50,950 | 8,377 |
| Lebanon | 1,803 | 1:3,127 | 587 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,488 | 1:6,157 | 783 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,391 | 1:22,182 | 3,101 |
| Algeria | 1,324 | 1:29,178 | 5,325 |
| England | 1,179 | 1:47,259 | 5,941 |
| United States | 1,074 | 1:337,485 | 30,444 |
| Brunei | 1,073 | 1:390 | 67 |
| Pakistan | 804 | 1:222,194 | 5,240 |
| Djibouti | 674 | 1:1,357 | 149 |
| Morocco | 477 | 1:72,277 | 12,260 |
| Kuwait | 444 | 1:8,560 | 1,174 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Oman | 366 | 1:10,076 | 1,280 |
| Sweden | 345 | 1:28,541 | 2,325 |
| Australia | 245 | 1:110,187 | 12,273 |
| Canada | 225 | 1:163,758 | 16,499 |
| Kazakhstan | 216 | 1:81,863 | 9,534 |
| Russia | 147 | 1:980,429 | 76,068 |
| France | 118 | 1:562,904 | 76,109 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Thailand | 116 | 1:608,951 | 103,575 |
| Greece | 114 | 1:97,191 | 16,372 |
| Turkey | 109 | 1:713,958 | 36,326 |
| Denmark | 104 | 1:54,276 | 5,548 |
| Qatar | 103 | 1:22,893 | 2,494 |
| Tunisia | 89 | 1:6,861 | 1,141 |
| Germany | 87 | 1:925,350 | 65,249 |
| Romania | 80 | 1:250,973 | 23,655 |
| Cameroon | 75 | 1:276,921 | 26,437 |
| Niger | 75 | 1:255,894 | 8,080 |
| South Africa | 71 | 1:763,066 | 52,802 |
| Tanzania | 69 | 1:767,270 | 42,064 |
| Nepal | 66 | 1:431,530 | 4,129 |
| Netherlands | 62 | 1:272,374 | 33,874 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| Israel | 52 | 1:164,570 | 16,892 |
| Norway | 52 | 1:98,890 | 13,481 |
| Angola | 49 | 1:550,800 | 2,323 |
| Uganda | 48 | 1:813,318 | 38,363 |
| Wales | 46 | 1:67,272 | 5,910 |
| New Zealand | 42 | 1:107,817 | 14,061 |
| Spain | 41 | 1:1,140,294 | 40,056 |
| Bulgaria | 37 | 1:188,619 | 10,418 |
| Scotland | 36 | 1:148,717 | 8,826 |
| South Sudan | 36 | 1:317,085 | 679 |
| Switzerland | 34 | 1:241,556 | 20,206 |
| Iran | 29 | 1:2,647,673 | 84,414 |
| Ireland | 28 | 1:168,176 | 7,397 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Benin | 25 | 1:413,424 | 29,829 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 22 | 1:271,484 | 24,701 |
| Maldives | 22 | 1:18,371 | 1,229 |
| Austria | 16 | 1:532,215 | 49,801 |
| North Macedonia | 13 | 1:161,652 | 11,967 |
| Albania | 12 | 1:242,838 | 14,515 |
| China | 12 | 1:113,943,464 | 5,994 |
| Poland | 12 | 1:3,167,396 | 120,990 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Croatia | 9 | 1:469,845 | 36,710 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Japan | 8 | 1:15,980,537 | 47,042 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Northern Cyprus | 7 | 1:45,573 | 7,927 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Azerbaijan | 5 | 1:1,929,824 | 23,635 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Seychelles | 4 | 1:23,098 | 1,012 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Congo | 3 | 1:1,663,032 | 27,638 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Kosovo | 2 | 1:930,934 | 12,188 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Idris (791,369) may also be a first name.
Idris Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Welsh) Descendant of Idris (ardent lord).
Idris Demographics
Average Idris Salary in
United States
$42,514 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Idris Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Idris Come From? nationality or country of origin
Idris (Arabic: أدريس, Bengali: ইদ্রিস, Georgian: იდრის, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺩﺭﻳﺲ, Hindi: इद्रीस, Marathi: इदरीस, Oriya: ଇଦିସ, Russian: Идрис) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Idris click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Idris? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 490th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 6,743 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Idris live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Idris is also the 1,193rd most widely held first name globally, held by 791,369 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 725,125 people, or 1 in 244. In Nigeria Idris is most numerous in: Kano, where 18 percent reside, Jigawa, where 10 percent reside and Kaduna, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in 135 countries. It is also common in Sudan, where 14 percent reside and Indonesia, where 4 percent reside.
Idris Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Muslim (92%) in Russia, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Muslim (74%) in Kenya, Shiite (55%) in Lebanon and Muslim (95%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Idris surname are 0.82% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 52.41% being registered with the party.
The amount Idris earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 4.95% less than the national average, earning 328,952 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 25.41% less than the national average, earning R 177,264 per year; in United States they earn 1.47% less than the national average, earning $42,514 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.74% less than the national average, earning $37,890 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Idris Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Idris in the Georgian language | ||
| იდრის | idris | - |
| Idris in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺩﺭﻳﺲ | adrys | - |
| Idris in the Bengali language | ||
| ইদ্রিস | idrisa | 95.88 |
| ইদ্রিছ | idricha | 3.09 |
| ইদ্রীস | idrisa | 1.03 |
| Idris in the Oriya language | ||
| ଇଦିସ | idisa | 68.63 |
| ଇଦିସ୍ | idis | 18.63 |
| ଇଦୀସ | idisa | 3.59 |
| ଇଦରିସ | idarisa | 2.61 |
| ଇଦିଶ୍ | idis | 1.31 |
| ଈଦିସ | idisa | 0.98 |
| ଇଦ୍ରିସ | idrisa | 0.65 |
| ଇଦୀସ୍ | idis | 0.65 |
| ଇଦିଶ | idisa | 0.65 |
| ଈଦୀସ | idisa | 0.65 |
| ଇଦରିସ୍ | idaris | 0.33 |
| ଇଦରିଶ୍ | idaris | 0.33 |
| ଇଦିରିସ୍ | idiris | 0.33 |
| ଇଦ୍ରିସ୍ | idris | 0.33 |
| Idris in the Hindi language | ||
| इद्रीस | idrisa | 63.74 |
| इदरीस | idarisa | 30.54 |
| इदरिस | idarisa | 2.08 |
| इद्रिस | idrisa | 0.57 |
| ईद्रीस | idrisa | 0.49 |
| इद्रीश | idrisa | 0.1 |
| ईद्रिस | idrisa | 0.04 |
| इदृस | idrsa | 0.04 |
| इद्ऱीस | idrisa | 0.03 |
| इ़द्रीस | idrisa | 0.01 |
| ़इद्रीस | idrisa | 0.01 |
| इद्र्ीस | idrisa | 0.01 |
| इद्रिश | idrisa | 0.01 |
| इद्री्स | idrisa | 0.01 |
| इ्द्रीस | idrisa | 0.01 |
| Idris in the Marathi language | ||
| इदरीस | idarisa | 63.07 |
| इदिरस | idirasa | 15.37 |
| ईदरीस | idarisa | 12.16 |
| इदीस | idisa | 2.52 |
| डीस | disa | 0.23 |
| रीस | risa | 0.23 |
| इदरी | idari | 0.11 |
| Idris in the Russian language | ||
| Идрис | idris | - |
| Idris in the Arabic language | ||
| أدريس | adrys | - |
| إدريس | adrys | - |
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