Irie Surname
Approximately 103,816 people bear this surname
Irie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 54,016 | 1:427 | 48 |
| Japan | 48,441 | 1:2,639 | 456 |
| United States | 370 | 1:979,619 | 72,663 |
| Brazil | 347 | 1:616,929 | 22,962 |
| France | 154 | 1:431,316 | 62,491 |
| Nigeria | 91 | 1:1,946,624 | 68,955 |
| Thailand | 49 | 1:1,441,599 | 197,614 |
| Papua New Guinea | 46 | 1:177,255 | 24,620 |
| Malaysia | 42 | 1:702,243 | 33,141 |
| Canada | 38 | 1:969,621 | 73,252 |
| England | 37 | 1:1,505,893 | 64,828 |
| Argentina | 27 | 1:1,583,089 | 86,049 |
| Philippines | 22 | 1:4,601,737 | 165,269 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Russia | 19 | 1:7,585,424 | 283,555 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 4 | 1:432,005 | 185 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 1:956,649 | 10,513 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Barbados | 3 | 1:95,816 | 1,797 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 8 | 1:553,733 | 17,655 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Irié (42) are calculated separately.
Irie (7,155) may also be a first name.
Irie Demographics
Average Male Irie Height
174.06 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Irie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Irie Come From? nationality or country of origin
Irie (Oriya: ଇରିଏ, Russian: Ирие) has its highest incidence in The Ivory Coast. It may also appear as a variant: Irié. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Irie? popularity and diffusion
Irie is the 5,459th most frequently used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 70,197 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 47 percent of Irie live; 47 percent live in East Asia and 47 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Irie is also the 76,529th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 7,155 people.
This surname is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 54,016 people, or 1 in 427. In The Ivory Coast it is mostly found in: Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 60 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 21 percent reside and Bas-Sassandra District, where 6 percent reside. Barring The Ivory Coast this last name occurs in 51 countries. It is also found in Japan, where 47 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Irie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Irie has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Irie surname expanded 6,167 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 87 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Irie Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Irie surname are 9.78% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 63.01% registered with the political party.
The amount Irie earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 4.89% more than the national average, earning $45,261 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.72% more than the national average, earning $52,526 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Irie Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Irie in the Oriya language | ||
| ଇରିଏ | iri'e | - |
| Irie in the Russian language | ||
| Ирие | irie | - |
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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 Irie
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