Iorua Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Iorua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Iorua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iorua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Iorua is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iorua? popularity and diffusion
The surname Iorua is the 2,944,094th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Iorua are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 4,119,599. In Nigeria Iorua is most numerous in: Benue, where 95 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 2 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 2 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Iorua occurs in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iorzua | 91 | 3,238 | / |
| Iorwua | 91 | 751 | / |
| Iorhua | 91 | 15 | / |
| Ioruaa | 91 | 4 | / |
| Ijorua | 91 | 1 | / |
| Irua | 89 | 1,664 | / |
| Iorwuha | 83 | 11 | / |
| Iorzuaa | 83 | 9 | / |
| Iorzuha | 83 | 1 | / |
| Iorwa | 80 | 1,431 | / |
| Girua | 80 | 150 | / |
| Iorva | 80 | 53 | / |
| Yorua | 80 | 51 | / |
| Airua | 80 | 49 | / |
| Jirua | 80 | 27 | / |
| Hirua | 80 | 24 | / |
| Iorba | 80 | 20 | / |
| Oirua | 80 | 20 | / |
| Yirua | 80 | 4 | / |
| Jorua | 80 | 2 | / |
| Irrua | 80 | 2 | / |
| Iruat | 80 | 1 | / |
| Irzua | 80 | 1 | / |
| Iruad | 80 | 1 | / |
| Iruaa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Iorvaa | 73 | 721 | / |
| Giarua | 73 | 141 | / |
| Jitrua | 73 | 77 | / |
| Jirzua | 73 | 36 | / |
| Huirua | 73 | 28 | / |
| Iorzwa | 73 | 21 | / |
| Ierwua | 73 | 19 | / |
| Yorzua | 73 | 18 | / |
| Iorwaa | 73 | 16 | / |
| Iharua | 73 | 14 | / |
| Iorbaa | 73 | 11 | / |
| Iorwah | 73 | 9 | / |
| Jirwua | 73 | 7 | / |
| Ayorua | 73 | 6 | / |
| Hiarua | 73 | 5 | / |
| Irhuay | 73 | 5 | / |
| Iorwai | 73 | 4 | / |
| Iorwea | 73 | 3 | / |
| Uyorua | 73 | 3 | / |
| Irouha | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ijarua | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ihorba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iruhas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oirzua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iorvea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hiruay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oyorua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hiruah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jotrua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ojruat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eyorua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iruo | 67 | 598 | / |
| Irwa | 67 | 360 | / |
| Erua | 67 | 207 | / |
| Irva | 67 | 76 | / |
| Irba | 67 | 51 | / |
| Hirhuay | 67 | 22 | / |
| Joruatt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ajiorba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Airueha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iorhwaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iruhath | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iruha'a | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jrua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hirhuat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Joruath | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Iorua
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