Irere Surname
Approximately 284 people bear this surname
Irere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 176 | 1:1,006,493 | 42,496 |
| Papua New Guinea | 57 | 1:143,048 | 19,694 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
The alternate forms: Irêrê (1) are calculated separately.
Irere (123) may also be a first name.
Irere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Irere Come From? nationality or country of origin
Irere occurs most in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant: Irêrê. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Irere? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 928,396th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,660,373 people. Irere occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Irere are found; 65 percent are found in West Africa and 62 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 840,349th most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 123 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 176 people, or 1 in 1,006,493. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Delta, where 30 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 20 percent reside and Edo, where 15 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Irere
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