Iriş Surname

139,923rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,192 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Iriş Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iriş Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey3,1901:24,3952,790
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Romania11:20,077,87089,414

The alternate forms: Iris (4,306), Íris (15) & Irís (3) are calculated separately.

Iriş Last Name Facts

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

The surname Iriş is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Iris, Íris or Irís. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Iriş? popularity and diffusion

It is the 139,923rd most widespread last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,283,066 people. The surname Iriş is predominantly found in Asia, where 87 percent of Iriş live; 87 percent live in West Asia and 87 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

This surname is most common in Turkey, where it is borne by 3,190 people, or 1 in 24,395. In Turkey it is most common in: Konya Province, where 23 percent reside, Aksaray Province, where 13 percent reside and Istanbul Province, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Turkey this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent reside and Romania, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iris924,306/
Hiriş897/
Íris8315/
Irís833/
Eriş7519,305/
Iriz751,327/
Iriç751,162/
İreş7572/
Iric7542/
Irix755/
Irij752/
Irişova734/
Irish6713,660/
Giris671,737/
Geriş671,268/
Eiriz671,050/
Hiris67603/
Eiris67575/
Ioris67474/
Iruiz67321/
Irice67244/
Airis67138/
Irgis67133/
Giriz67104/
Yiris6780/
Heriş6775/
Irise6765/
Irich6746/
Ireiz6740/
Jiris6728/
Isris6727/
Irgiz6726/
Iruis6722/
Irais6722/
Irist6715/
Itris6711/
Irios679/
Irois678/
Jiriz677/
Hirič677/
Iriss676/
Hirix675/
Iries674/
Ireis674/
Irris674/
Ihris673/
Eirij673/
Iraiz673/
Airix672/
Hiric672/
Irhis672/
Hireş671/
Ieris671/
Erişş671/
Irisd671/
Jiric671/
Irirz671/
Hiriz671/
Itriz671/
Ihrij671/
Uiriz671/
Ihric670/

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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 Iriş
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