Iyire Surname
Approximately 734 people bear this surname
Iyire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 730 | 1:242,661 | 14,074 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Iyire (12) may also be a first name.
Iyire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyire Come From? nationality or country of origin
Iyire is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Iyire.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyire? popularity and diffusion
The last name Iyire is the 460,168th most commonly used surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 9,928,537 people. Iyire occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Iyire live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Iyire is also the 3,306,491st most widespread first name at a global level, held by 12 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 730 people, or 1 in 242,661. In Nigeria Iyire is mostly found in: Akwa Ibom, where 73 percent are found, Cross River, where 7 percent are found and Rivers, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iyiere | 91 | 5 | / |
| Iyiore | 91 | 1 | / |
| Iyir | 89 | 10 | / |
| Iyier | 80 | 278 | / |
| Ieire | 80 | 22 | / |
| Iyira | 80 | 19 | / |
| Yeire | 80 | 12 | / |
| Iyiri | 80 | 4 | / |
| Iyior | 80 | 1 | / |
| Iayir | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yiyiri | 73 | 32 | / |
| Yayire | 73 | 24 | / |
| Iyieri | 73 | 11 | / |
| Iehire | 73 | 5 | / |
| Yiyier | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yeirey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iyoere | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ieyere | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yeiret | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iihere | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ioyira | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yeir | 67 | 3 | / |
| Iyoiray | 67 | 3 | / |
| Iyyr | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ehihire | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ihehire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ieir | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iheaire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jaiyere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iiir | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Iyire
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis