Leyira Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Leyira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 118 | 1:1,501,210 | 57,254 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Leyira (254) may also be a first name.
Leyira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leyira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leyira is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Leyira click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leyira? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,666,404th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. Leyira occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Leyira are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Leyira is also the 559,024th most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 254 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 118 people, or 1 in 1,501,210. In Nigeria Leyira is primarily found in: Rivers, where 97 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 1 percent reside and Kaduna, where 1 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 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 Leyira
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