Idege Surname
Approximately 533 people bear this surname
Idege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 381 | 1:138,954 | 12,811 |
| Nigeria | 114 | 1:1,553,884 | 58,636 |
| Uganda | 37 | 1:1,055,116 | 44,846 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Idege (29) may also be a first name.
Idege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Idege Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Idege is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Idege? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 586,691st most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 13,672,694 people. The last name Idege occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Idege reside; 78 percent reside in East Africa and 78 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Idege is also the 1,951,561st most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 29 people.
The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 381 people, or 1 in 138,954. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Shinyanga Region, where 55 percent live, Geita Region, where 43 percent live and Tabora Region, where 2 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 21 percent live and Uganda, where 7 percent live.
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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 Idege
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