Iyese Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Iyese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 91 | 1:507,471 | 25,695 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Iyese (16) may also be a first name.
Iyese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyese Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Iyese is found most frequently in Kenya. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyese? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,276,805th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 40,712,547 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Iyese live; 51 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Iyese is also the 2,786,762nd most common forename world-wide. It is borne by 16 people.
The surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 91 people, or 1 in 507,471. In Kenya Iyese is primarily concentrated in: Busia County, where 99 percent live and Bungoma County, where 1 percent live. Besides Kenya this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 23 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent live.
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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 Iyese
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