Jiire Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Jiire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Jiire (40) may also be a first name.
Jiire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jiire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jiire is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jiire? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,391,485th most prevalent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Jiire live; 54 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most commonly held given name worldwide It is held by 40 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria Jiire is most prevalent in: Ekiti, where 71 percent reside and Oyo, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Somalia, where 31 percent reside and Uganda, where 15 percent reside.
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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 Jiire
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