Iyeta Surname
Approximately 211 people bear this surname
Iyeta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 176 | 1:1,006,493 | 42,496 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Iyeta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyeta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Iyeta is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyeta? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,140,742nd most widespread family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 34,538,132 people. The surname Iyeta occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Iyeta are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Iyeta is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 176 people, or 1 in 1,006,493. In Nigeria it is most common in: Delta, where 64 percent live, Edo, where 20 percent live and Lagos, where 8 percent live. Besides Nigeria Iyeta occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 16 percent live and The United States, where 0 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 Iyeta
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