Iyema Surname
Approximately 1,617 people bear this surname
Iyema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,594 | 1:46,349 | 5,628 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Iyema (104) may also be a first name.
Iyema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Iyema is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyema? popularity and diffusion
The surname Iyema is the 246,025th most widely held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 4,506,831 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Iyema are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 99 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Iyema is also the 925,156th most widespread forename world-wide, held by 104 people.
The last name Iyema is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,594 people, or 1 in 46,349. Outside of The DR Congo it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 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 Iyema
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