Ibya Surname

990,978th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 259 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ibya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ibya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2571:689,27131,915
Niger21:9,596,00886,358

Ibya (37) may also be a first name.

Ibya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ibya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ibya is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ibya? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 990,978th most commonly held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 28,137,243 people. The surname Ibya is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ibya reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ibya is also the 1,688,769th most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 37 people.

The last name Ibya is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 257 people, or 1 in 689,271. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 95 percent reside, Kaduna, where 3 percent reside and Enugu, where 0 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iobya8927/
Ibyah8915/
Gibya899/
Jibya892/
Ibyap891/
Ibyaa891/
Ibeyja804/
Aitbya801/
Ibhyas801/
Heibya801/
Ibia752,347/
Ibea751,008/
Ibja7577/
Ebya7553/
Ibyo7520/
Ubya7514/
Iwya758/
Ivya752/
Ibayyat732/
Jibaiya731/
Ibias671,807/
Ebyay67354/
Ibiah67109/
Gibia6791/
Ibiat6783/
Ibiaz6762/
Jibia6760/
Aibhuiya6725/
Gebya6714/
Ebyah6712/
Aibia679/
Ibyot679/
Ibiad677/
Hibea674/
Yobya673/
Jivya672/
Jibja672/
Ibeah672/
Ebyas672/
Ibeau672/
Ibiaa672/
Isbia671/
Hubya671/
Oivya671/
Ibiha671/
Ibija671/
Hibia671/
Aisbayya671/
Țibea671/
Iwyaa671/

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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 Ibya
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