Iyali Surname
Approximately 350 people bear this surname
Iyali Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 160 | 1:1,107,142 | 45,738 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Niger | 43 | 1:446,326 | 12,119 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Iyali (309) may also be a first name.
Iyali Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyali Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Iyali is most common in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyali? popularity and diffusion
The surname Iyali is the 801,116th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 20,821,560 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Iyali live; 58 percent live in West Africa and 46 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Iyali is also the 500,178th most frequently held forename worldwide. It is borne by 309 people.
Iyali is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 160 people, or 1 in 1,107,142. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Adamawa, where 41 percent are found, Kano, where 18 percent are found and Kaduna, where 12 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 37 percent are found and Niger, where 12 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 Iyali
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