Riir Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Riir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Riir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Riir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Riir is borne by more people in South Sudan than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Riir? popularity and diffusion
Riir is the 7,593,402nd most widely held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Riir live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in South Sudan, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 2,853,769. Beside South Sudan this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 17 percent reside and Sudan, where 17 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
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- 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 Riir
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