Iyele Surname
Approximately 1,101 people bear this surname
Iyele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 800 | 1:92,349 | 10,481 |
| Cameroon | 156 | 1:133,135 | 14,968 |
| Nigeria | 135 | 1:1,312,169 | 51,890 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Iyele (129) may also be a first name.
Iyele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Iyele is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyele? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 335,097th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 6,619,024 people. The surname Iyele is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Iyele live; 75 percent live in Central Africa and 74 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 818,356th most frequently occurring forename world-wide It is held by 129 people.
The last name is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 800 people, or 1 in 92,349. Not including The DR Congo this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 14 percent reside and Nigeria, where 12 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 Iyele
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