Irue Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Irue Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 50 | 1:3,542,855 | 104,248 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
Irue (31) may also be a first name.
Irue Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Irue Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Irue has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Irue.
How Common Is The Last Name Irue? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,605,694th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Irue live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most widespread first name in the world It is held by 31 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 3,542,855. In Nigeria Irue is primarily found in: Edo, where 62 percent reside, Sokoto, where 18 percent reside and Lagos, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent reside.
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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 Irue
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