Yirima Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Yirima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Yirima (26) may also be a first name.
Yirima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yirima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yirima has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yirima? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yirima is the 3,274,477th most widespread surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yirima live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 26 people.
The surname Yirima is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 5,714,283. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Borno, where 84 percent reside, Lagos, where 6 percent reside and Gombe, where 3 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 6 percent reside and Uganda, where 6 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 Yirima
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