Iyami Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Iyami Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 41 | 1:4,320,555 | 118,938 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Iyami (2,864) may also be a first name.
Iyami Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyami Come From? nationality or country of origin
Iyami (Hindi: इयामी, Oriya: ଇୟମି) is most common in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Iyami click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyami? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,530,696th most common family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The last name Iyami is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Iyami live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Iyami is also the 135,957th most frequently occurring given name on earth, held by 2,864 people.
Iyami is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 4,320,555. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Plateau, where 34 percent are found, Lagos, where 17 percent are found and Niger, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Iyami is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 16 percent are found and Tanzania, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Iyami Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Iyami in the Hindi language | ||
| इयामी | iyami | - |
| Iyami in the Oriya language | ||
| ଇୟମି | iyami | - |
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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 Iyami
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