Iyayi Surname

257,936th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,526 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Iyayi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iyayi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,3491:131,3148,527
England841:663,31038,317
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Niger231:834,43619,133
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Iyayi (444) may also be a first name.

Iyayi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Iyayi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Iyayi is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Iyayi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 257,936th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,775,587 people. The last name Iyayi is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Iyayi live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Iyayi is also the 406,780th most frequent given name on earth. It is borne by 444 people.

The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,349 people, or 1 in 131,314. In Nigeria Iyayi is mostly concentrated in: Edo, where 70 percent live, Lagos, where 10 percent live and Delta, where 3 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Iyayi exists in 14 countries. It is also found in England, where 6 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.

Iyayi Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Iyayi surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Iyayi earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 88.01% more than the national average, earning $81,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 44.91% less than the national average, earning $27,371 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Yaya67213,287/
Yaye6742,460/
Yaji674,246/
Giai673,321/
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Yayo673,033/
Ijai672,054/
Yitayih671,771/
Yayu671,318/
Giay671,285/
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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 Iyayi
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