Irele Surname
Approximately 187 people bear this surname
Irele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 135 | 1:1,312,169 | 51,890 |
| Uganda | 24 | 1:1,626,637 | 57,482 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
The alternate forms: Irélé (1) are calculated separately.
Irele (129) may also be a first name.
Irele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Irele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Irele occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Irélé. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Irele? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,239,697th most widely held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 38,970,834 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Irele live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 818,356th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 129 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 135 people, or 1 in 1,312,169. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 20 percent are found, Lagos, where 15 percent are found and Kaduna, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Irele occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 13 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 5 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
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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 Irele
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