Iyani Surname
Approximately 355 people bear this surname
Iyani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 96 | 1:1,845,237 | 66,383 |
| Indonesia | 67 | 1:1,973,869 | 124,197 |
| Benin | 63 | 1:164,057 | 16,557 |
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Cameroon | 25 | 1:830,763 | 57,125 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Niger | 19 | 1:1,010,106 | 22,252 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Iyani (2,638) may also be a first name.
Iyani Demographics
Iyani Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Iyani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Iyani (Hindi: इयणी, Marathi: इयानी) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyani? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 793,288th most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,528,298 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 66 percent of Iyani reside; 57 percent reside in West Africa and 45 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Iyani is also the 142,979th most common first name world-wide, borne by 2,638 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 1,845,237. In Nigeria Iyani is most frequent in: Yobe, where 70 percent reside, Kwara, where 6 percent reside and Gombe, where 5 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Iyani occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 19 percent reside and Benin, where 18 percent reside.
Iyani Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Iyani surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Iyani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Iyani in the Marathi language | ||
| इयानी | iyani | - |
| Iyani in the Hindi language | ||
| इयणी | iyani | 66.67 |
| प्रियांशी | priyansi | 33.33 |
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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 Iyani
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