Irero Surname

1,806,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 104 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Irero Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Irero Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria971:1,826,21465,886
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Irero Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Irero Come From? nationality or country of origin

Irero (Russian: Иреро) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Irero? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,806,862nd most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Irero are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 1,826,214. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Delta, where 82 percent live, Edo, where 9 percent live and Sokoto, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ireroa9131/
Girero9115/
Itrero9111/
Airero919/
Ireero914/
Hirero912/
Uirero911/
Irerou911/
Aireruo833/
Irearoa831/
Irriero831/
Iroro80944/
Erero80338/
Iriro8067/
Irera8065/
Iraro8013/
Urero801/
Yrero801/
Airerots771/
Gerero732,031/
Irrera731,835/
Herero73185/
Errero73144/
Jiraro73141/
Jiroro73124/
Giriro73103/
Iroiro7346/
Hiroro7332/
Urrero7330/
Iroroh7325/
Ereros7321/
Ayrero7316/
Airoro7314/
Hiraro732/
Yirera732/
Itrera732/
Hiriro732/
Iriroy732/
Irirou731/
Jiriro731/
Iriera731/
Girera731/
Yorero731/
Ireera731/
Irirgo731/
Uiroro731/
Irorou731/
Hirera730/
Herrero6785,450/
Gerrero671,651/
Etreros67124/
Hererro6724/
Girgiro6711/
Errerro6711/
Etreroz6710/
Gererro679/
Uerrero677/
Jiraroj673/
Heirera673/
Hereros672/
Gereroy672/
Hirrera672/
Hereroh671/
Giriroy671/
Irriera671/
Aireira671/
Ierrera671/
Irreras671/
Erreros671/

Irero Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Irero in the Russian language
Ирероirero-

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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 Irero
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