Bijago Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Bijago Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Bijago Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bijago Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bijago is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bijago? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bijago is the 6,723,624th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 50 percent of Bijago live; 50 percent live in Oceania Islands and 50 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 2,038,429. In Papua New Guinea Bijago is most common in: Hela, where 100 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea Bijago is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 25 percent reside and Brazil, where 13 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 Bijago
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