Iorna Surname
Approximately 372 people bear this surname
Iorna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 363 | 1:487,997 | 24,474 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
Iorna (167) may also be a first name.
Iorna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iorna Come From? nationality or country of origin
Iorna has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iorna? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 766,190th most commonly used last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 19,590,177 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Iorna reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 708,111th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 167 people.
Iorna is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 363 people, or 1 in 487,997. In Nigeria Iorna is most numerous in: Benue, where 84 percent live, Nasarawa, where 6 percent live and Taraba, where 4 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Qatar, where 2 percent live.
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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 Iorna
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