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 in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Irélé. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Irele? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,239,697th most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 38,970,834 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Irele reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Irele is also the 818,356th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 129 people.
The surname Irele is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 135 people, or 1 in 1,312,169. In Nigeria Irele is most numerous in: Rivers, where 20 percent live, Lagos, where 15 percent live and Kaduna, where 14 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 13 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 5 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 Irele
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