Irénée Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Togo

Irénée Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Irénée Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France61:11,070,454349,096
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

The alternate forms: Irenée (3) & Irenee (591) are calculated separately.

Irénée (522) may also be a first name.

Irénée Last Name Facts

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

The last name Irénée is more commonly found in France than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Irenée or Irenee. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Irénée? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,063,924th most prevalent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 50 percent of Irénée live; 50 percent live in Western Europe and 50 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Irénée is also the 369,527th most common given name globally, borne by 522 people.

Irénée is most widely held in France, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 11,070,454. In France Irénée is mostly concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 33 percent reside, Centre-Val de Loire, where 17 percent reside and Grand Est, where 17 percent reside. Outside of France it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 10 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Irenée943/
Iréne914/
Iréné911/
Irenee89591/
Irene7334,031/
Irine731,587/
Irène7319/
Iryne733/
Irenge674,054/
Irineu672,061/
Irenea671,061/
Ireine67608/
Irinea67223/
Yirene67181/
Eirene67165/
Ireane67135/
Iringe67130/
Irhene6786/
Ireneh6772/
Irinei6767/
Iresne6759/
Irenei6759/
Irione6740/
Irinet6724/
Irener6723/
Airine6723/
Irényi6722/
Iriene6719/
Irenes6712/
Irenet679/
Ireneu679/
Hirene678/
Ireene676/
Irinie676/
Irinye675/
Isrine675/
Girine675/
Iruine673/
Girene673/
Irenye673/
Ihrene673/
Ierene673/
Ireney672/
Irzine672/
Irgine672/
Airyne671/
Irrene671/
Iraine671/
Irenej671/
Ireyne671/
Irined671/
Iorine671/
Irrine671/
Irines671/
Oirene671/
Jirene671/
Irenie671/
Irenez671/
Ioryne671/
Irinéa671/
Airene671/
Iregne670/
Iryner670/
Iroine670/
Irisne670/

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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 Irénée
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