Iró Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Iró Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Iró Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary411:239,42119,309
Slovakia121:444,70454,815
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150

The alternate forms: Iro (40,049), Író (34), Irô (1) & Íro (4) are calculated separately.

Iró Last Name Facts

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

Iró is borne by more people in Hungary than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Iro, Író, Irô or Íro. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Iró? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,605,694th most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Iró reside; 96 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 75 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe.

This last name is most frequently held in Hungary, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 239,421. In Hungary Iró is most common in: Budapest, where 29 percent reside, Komárom-Esztergom County, where 24 percent reside and Győr-Moson-Sopron County, where 22 percent reside. Excluding Hungary this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 22 percent reside and Brazil, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iro8940,049/
Író8934/
Irô891/
Eiró86202/
Giró86130/
Hiró8623/
Airó861/
Jiró861/
Íro784/
Hitró758/
Eirós754/
Ira6719,470/
Iru671,486/
Iróová675/
Eró672/
Irá672/
Irã671/
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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 Iró
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