Iyani Surname
Approximately 355 people bear this surname
Iyani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 96 | 1:1,845,237 | 66,383 |
| Indonesia | 67 | 1:1,973,869 | 124,197 |
| Benin | 63 | 1:164,057 | 16,557 |
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Cameroon | 25 | 1:830,763 | 57,125 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Niger | 19 | 1:1,010,106 | 22,252 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Iyani (2,638) may also be a first name.
Iyani Demographics
Iyani Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Iyani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Iyani (Hindi: इयणी, Marathi: इयानी) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyani? popularity and diffusion
The last name Iyani is the 793,288th most prevalent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 20,528,298 people. Iyani occurs predominantly in Africa, where 66 percent of Iyani reside; 57 percent reside in West Africa and 45 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 142,979th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 2,638 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 1,845,237. In Nigeria Iyani is most common in: Yobe, where 70 percent reside, Kwara, where 6 percent reside and Gombe, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 19 percent reside and Benin, where 18 percent reside.
Iyani Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Iyani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Iyani in the Marathi language | ||
| इयानी | iyani | - |
| Iyani in the Hindi language | ||
| इयणी | iyani | 66.67 |
| प्रियांशी | priyansi | 33.33 |
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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 Iyani
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