Iyoba Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Iyoba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Iyoba (230) may also be a first name.
Iyoba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyoba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Iyoba occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyoba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,882,373rd most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Iyoba are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 85 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Iyoba is also the 591,855th most frequently used forename worldwide, borne by 230 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Edo, where 41 percent live, Benue, where 32 percent live and Rivers, where 23 percent live. Barring Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 12 percent live and Sweden, where 4 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 Iyoba
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