Iyera Surname
Approximately 233 people bear this surname
Iyera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 159 | 1:332,966 | 24,953 |
| India | 27 | 1:28,409,829 | 361,298 |
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Iyera (30) may also be a first name.
Iyera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyera Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Iyera (Hindi: इयेर) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyera? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,067,497th most common last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 31,277,021 people. The last name Iyera is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Iyera are found; 77 percent are found in East Africa and 74 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 30 people.
It is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 159 people, or 1 in 332,966. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Dodoma Region, where 94 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 6 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 12 percent reside and Nigeria, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Iyera Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Iyera in the Hindi language | ||
| इयेर | iyera | - |
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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 Iyera
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