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
The surname Irere occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Irêrê. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Irere? popularity and diffusion
The surname Irere is the 928,396th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 25,660,373 people. This surname is primarily found 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. Irere is also the 840,349th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 123 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 176 people, or 1 in 1,006,493. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 30 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 20 percent live and Edo, where 15 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Irere occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent live and The DR Congo, where 7 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 Irere
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