Iyir Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Iyir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iyir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Iyir (33) may also be a first name.

Iyir Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Iyir Come From? nationality or country of origin

Iyir is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Iyir click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Iyir? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,063,924th most frequently used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Iyir reside; 60 percent reside in Southern Africa and 60 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Iyir is also the 1,807,719th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 33 people.

This surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 9,029,617. In South Africa Iyir is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 100 percent are found. Besides South Africa it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 20 percent are found and India, where 10 percent are found.

Iyir Last Name Statistics demography

Iyir earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 64.16% less than the national average, earning R 85,176 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iyire89734/
Iyier89278/
Iyior891/
Iayir891/
Yiyier801/
Yeir753/
Iyyr752/
Ieir751/
Iiir751/
Ijiir67398/
Yayir6758/
Geyir6729/
Ieire6722/
Yeire6712/
Yeyir675/
Ihiir674/
Ieyer672/
Iiyor671/
Ieyjr671/
Yehir671/
Yeair670/
Gieir670/

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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 Iyir
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