Ireyi Surname
Approximately 191 people bear this surname
Ireyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 189 | 1:937,263 | 40,304 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Ireyi (147) may also be a first name.
Ireyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ireyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ireyi is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ireyi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ireyi is the 1,222,957th most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 38,154,691 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ireyi live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ireyi is also the 760,591st most commonly held given name internationally, borne by 147 people.
The surname Ireyi is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 189 people, or 1 in 937,263. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Kogi, where 69 percent are found, Kaduna, where 8 percent are found and Ekiti, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 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 Ireyi
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