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 most common in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyara? popularity and diffusion
It is the 453,475th most common surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 9,742,708 people. Iyara is primarily found in Africa, where 69 percent of Iyara reside; 38 percent reside in West Africa and 37 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 459,598th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 359 people.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 274 people, or 1 in 646,506. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 62 percent reside, Lagos, where 12 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also found 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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