Yirane Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Yirane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Yirane (8) may also be a first name.
Yirane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yirane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yirane is found most in Benin. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Yirane click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yirane? popularity and diffusion
It is the 10,311,814th most numerous surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yirane are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 4,213,784th most commonly occurring forename world-wide, held by 8 people.
This last name is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 5,167,801. In Benin Yirane is mostly concentrated in: Atakora Department, where 50 percent reside and Borgou Department, where 50 percent reside. Aside from Benin it occurs in one country. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 33 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 Yirane
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