Irove Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Irove Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 123 | 1:430,420 | 30,093 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
Irove Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Irove Come From? nationality or country of origin
Irove is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Irove? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,544,715th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Irove live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 123 people, or 1 in 430,420. In Tanzania Irove is primarily found in: Dodoma Region, where 86 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 7 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Irove
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