Idega Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
Idega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 103 | 1:1,719,833 | 63,088 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Idega (43) may also be a first name.
Idega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Idega Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Idega occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Idega? popularity and diffusion
The surname Idega is the 1,683,218th most widespread family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Idega are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 43 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 103 people, or 1 in 1,719,833. In Nigeria Idega is mostly found in: Benue, where 90 percent are found, Lagos, where 8 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 5 percent are found and Uganda, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Idega
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