Iriaka Surname

878,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 307 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Iriaka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iriaka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2471:717,17732,914
Uganda351:1,115,40846,348
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397

Iriaka (10) may also be a first name.

Iriaka Last Name Facts

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

Iriaka occurs most in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Iriaka? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 878,878th most widespread last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 23,737,935 people. The last name Iriaka occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Iriaka live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Iriaka is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 10 people.

The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 247 people, or 1 in 717,177. In Nigeria it is most common in: Rivers, where 30 percent live, Lagos, where 21 percent live and Kano, where 13 percent live. Besides Nigeria it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 11 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iriakah922/
Isriaka921/
Irihaka921/
Hiriadka864/
Irioka83171/
Eriaka836/
Iriako834/
Iriaki833/
Uriaka831/
Girijakka801/
Hiriaadka801/
Eriakha77166/
Hiriaki779/
Urijaka771/
Heriaka771/
Irihatkhah751/
Irioko6734/
Iryako6710/
Irioke6710/
Eriake674/
Eryaka673/
Ireoka673/
Erioka673/
Eriaki671/
Yriako671/
Eriaca671/

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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 Iriaka
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