Iyaremye Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Iyaremye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 29 | 1:1,346,182 | 51,611 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
Iyaremye (16) may also be a first name.
Iyaremye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyaremye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Iyaremye is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Iyaremye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyaremye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,323,005th most commonly held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname Iyaremye is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Iyaremye live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most numerous first name globally, held by 16 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 1,346,182. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Kamwenge District, where 41 percent reside, Kisoro District, where 38 percent reside and Wakiso District, where 10 percent reside. Besides Uganda this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 11 percent reside and Belgium, where 3 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 Iyaremye
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