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 last name Iyese occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Iyese click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyese? popularity and diffusion
Iyese is the 1,276,805th most commonly occurring surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 40,712,547 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Iyese reside; 51 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 16 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 91 people, or 1 in 507,471. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Busia County, where 99 percent reside and Bungoma County, where 1 percent reside. Other than Kenya it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 23 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 14 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 Iyese
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