Ireneus Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Ireneus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 81 | 1:653,600 | 39,027 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ireneus (1,113) may also be a first name.
Ireneus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ireneus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ireneus is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ireneus? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,649,806th most widespread surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Ireneus live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 239,008th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 1,113 people.
This surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 81 people, or 1 in 653,600. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 69 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 11 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 8 percent are found and Malaysia, where 8 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 Ireneus
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