Ioura Surname
Approximately 397 people bear this surname
Ioura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 395 | 1:48,587 | 2,448 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Ioura (215) may also be a first name.
Ioura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ioura Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ioura occurs more in Niger more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ioura click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ioura? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 730,373rd most frequently held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 18,356,539 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ioura reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Ioura is also the 616,131st most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 215 people.
The last name is most widely held in Niger, where it is held by 395 people, or 1 in 48,587. In Niger Ioura is mostly found in: Zinder Region, where 64 percent are found and Diffa Region, where 36 percent are found. Excluding Niger this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 0 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Ioura
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