Iraoya Surname
Approximately 474 people bear this surname
Iraoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 472 | 1:375,302 | 20,004 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Iraoya (14) may also be a first name.
Iraoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iraoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Iraoya is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Iraoya.
How Common Is The Last Name Iraoya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 641,055th most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 15,374,569 people. The last name Iraoya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Iraoya reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most common first name throughout the world, held by 14 people.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 472 people, or 1 in 375,302. In Nigeria it is most common in: Edo, where 59 percent live, Lagos, where 14 percent live and Plateau, where 10 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraoyah | 92 | 76 | / |
| Hiraoyat | 86 | 35 | / |
| Iraoye | 83 | 18 | / |
| Iroaya | 83 | 18 | / |
| Ireoya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Irouya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Iraoja | 83 | 1 | / |
| Irahuya | 77 | 12 | / |
| Iroayah | 77 | 3 | / |
| Iratuya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Irasiya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Iratoja | 77 | 1 | / |
| Airaoja | 77 | 1 | / |
| Irasaya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Iraou | 73 | 20 | / |
| Uraoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iroay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iraoi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iraea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jirotiya | 71 | 24 | / |
| Airaciya | 71 | 20 | / |
| Hirasiya | 71 | 6 | / |
| Irachaya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Jiratiya | 71 | 3 | / |
| Iroshiya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Airasaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Airasiya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Airasoja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Erraouya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Iroaja | 67 | 203 | / |
| Iroaye | 67 | 152 | / |
| Irahou | 67 | 25 | / |
| Hiroshiya | 67 | 20 | / |
| Heraoa | 67 | 17 | / |
| Ireaye | 67 | 11 | / |
| Airaejaya | 67 | 6 | / |
| Jirachaya | 67 | 5 | / |
| Jiraou | 67 | 5 | / |
| Airaou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Eraoha | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hiraou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Iroayo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Iroaia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Iruoye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uroaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hirachiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Israou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Irashayad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Israea | 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 Iraoya
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