Iyara Surname
Approximately 748 people bear this surname
Iyara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 274 | 1:646,506 | 30,379 |
| Uganda | 151 | 1:258,538 | 19,000 |
| Thailand | 137 | 1:515,608 | 89,652 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| India | 59 | 1:13,001,108 | 227,026 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Iyara (359) may also be a first name.
Iyara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Iyara is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyara? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 453,475th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,742,708 people. The surname Iyara occurs predominantly in Africa, where 69 percent of Iyara live; 38 percent live in West Africa and 37 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 459,598th most widespread forename internationally. It is borne by 359 people.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 274 people, or 1 in 646,506. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 62 percent reside, Lagos, where 12 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 20 percent reside and Thailand, where 18 percent reside.
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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 Iyara
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