Ior Surname

271,501st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,435 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ior Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ior Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,4241:124,3988,160
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ior (405) may also be a first name.

Ior Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ior (Russian: Иор) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ior.

How Common Is The Last Name Ior? popularity and diffusion

It is the 271,501st most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 5,078,429 people. Ior occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ior live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 428,575th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 405 people.

The last name Ior is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,424 people, or 1 in 124,398. In Nigeria Ior is most numerous in: Benue, where 80 percent are found, Taraba, where 6 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Ior is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 0 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iore86354/
Ijor86293/
Gior86176/
Ihor8685/
Jior8633/
Ioor8629/
Iort8610/
Eior864/
Yior864/
Ieor864/
Iohr862/
Hior862/
Aior862/
Uior861/
Iorr861/
Iotr861/
Iord861/
Ir8022,121/
Hiort75272/
Hihor75121/
Ihore75102/
Ojior7557/
Ihoor7529/
Ujior7521/
Iorhe7520/
Aaior7515/
Oijor7512/
Ijoor7510/
Iohtr7510/
Ayior759/
Haior759/
Ajior758/
Agior757/
Ejior755/
Ijore755/
Aijor754/
Aiyor754/
Giorh753/
Oihor753/
Jijor752/
Eijor752/
Jiore752/
Jihor751/
Iohor751/
Hiore751/
Uyior751/
Iooor751/
Ihgor751/
Hioar751/
Iorzh751/
Oiyor751/
Yiore751/
Ugior751/
Aihor751/
Hijor751/
Heior750/
Air6728,402/
Gir6722,670/
Yor679,068/
Jor673,843/
Ire672,706/
Hir671,676/
Jir671,438/
Iar671,097/
Ier67693/
Irr67485/
Irt67226/
Hiorth67189/
Jijore67183/
Yir67143/
Eor67120/
Uir67106/
Ird6778/
Øijord6767/
Iorova6764/
Eir6762/
Oyiore6755/
Ihr6746/
Irp6729/
Isr6725/
Oir6724/
Ojr6724/
Irz6723/
Itr6722/
Haaior6717/
Oyr679/
Irh678/
Ijr678/
Gujior675/
Ajiore675/
Hijour672/
Áir672/
Ioyhar671/
Ihoore671/
Gaiyor671/
Ehieor671/
Ejiore671/
Eijoor671/
Giojar671/
Jihour671/
Irø671/
Hihour671/
Ejiorh671/
Ahijor671/
Ihorre671/

Ior Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ior in the Russian language
Иорior-

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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 Ior
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