Iriabe Surname

837,371st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 329 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Iriabe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iriabe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3231:548,43026,767
England41:13,929,515290,718
Japan21:63,922,14662,827

Iriabe (17) may also be a first name.

Iriabe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Iriabe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Iriabe? popularity and diffusion

Iriabe is the 837,371st most commonly used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 22,150,595 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Iriabe are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 17 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 323 people, or 1 in 548,430. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Edo, where 85 percent are found, Delta, where 8 percent are found and Lagos, where 3 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and Japan, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iriabije86280/
Eriabe8326/
Iriobe8324/
Iriaba831/
Eriabie7770/
Hiriabi773/
Iriobge771/
Jiriave771/
Ioriobee711/
Girijabai67265/
Iriava675/
Eriave675/
Ireabi671/
Eryabe671/
Eriaba671/
Uriobe671/
Ireawe671/
Iriobi671/
Irioue671/

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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 Iriabe
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