Iroke Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Iroke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Iroke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iroke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Iroke (Marathi: इरोके) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Iroke? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,944,094th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 66 percent of Iroke reside; 48 percent reside in West Africa and 48 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Iroke is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ebonyi, where 52 percent live, Osun, where 19 percent live and Abia, where 14 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 30 percent live and Uganda, where 18 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Iroke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Iroke in the Marathi language | ||
| इरोके | iroke | - |
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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 Iroke
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