Iyoro Surname
Approximately 259 people bear this surname
Iyoro Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 126 | 1:1,405,895 | 54,600 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Iyoro (188) may also be a first name.
Iyoro Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyoro Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Iyoro is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyoro? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 990,978th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 28,137,243 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Iyoro are found; 49 percent are found in West Africa and 49 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 663,277th most widely held first name in the world, held by 188 people.
Iyoro is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 126 people, or 1 in 1,405,895. In Nigeria Iyoro is most prevalent in: Delta, where 25 percent live, Ogun, where 24 percent live and Lagos, where 14 percent live. Not including Nigeria Iyoro occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 45 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 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 Iyoro
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