Irefin Surname
Approximately 258 people bear this surname
Irefin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 246 | 1:720,093 | 33,031 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Irefin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Irefin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Irefin occurs most in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Irefin click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Irefin? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 993,593rd most frequently used family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 28,246,302 people. Irefin is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Irefin are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Irefin is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 246 people, or 1 in 720,093. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Oyo, where 20 percent live, Kogi, where 16 percent live and Lagos, where 16 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent live and The United States, 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
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- 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 Irefin
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