Igabu Surname
Approximately 151 people bear this surname
Igabu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Nigeria | 52 | 1:3,406,592 | 101,701 |
| Uganda | 44 | 1:887,256 | 40,445 |
Igabu (16) may also be a first name.
Igabu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igabu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Igabu is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Igabu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,428,594th most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 48,261,893 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Igabu reside; 36 percent reside in Central Africa and 36 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Igabu is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 16 people.
The surname Igabu is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 1,343,265. Not including The DR Congo Igabu occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 34 percent live and Uganda, where 29 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingabu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gingabu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ingabhu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Egabu | 80 | 490 | / |
| Ugabu | 80 | 109 | / |
| Igebu | 80 | 83 | / |
| Igavu | 80 | 51 | / |
| Igawu | 80 | 45 | / |
| Igobu | 80 | 6 | / |
| Inggabou | 77 | 10 | / |
| Igabouyi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yigawu | 73 | 41 | / |
| Yigobu | 73 | 27 | / |
| Engabu | 73 | 27 | / |
| Egabou | 73 | 19 | / |
| Ighobu | 73 | 11 | / |
| Egabut | 73 | 7 | / |
| Ingobu | 73 | 7 | / |
| Ijgawu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Aigobu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Igavou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ingawu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ingavu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yingawu | 67 | 34 | / |
| Gingavu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ukgaebu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yogabou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gaigaiwu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Egobu | 60 | 186 | / |
| Egebu | 60 | 6 | / |
| Igowu | 60 | 6 | / |
| Ugobu | 60 | 2 | / |
| Egawu | 60 | 2 | / |
| Iggovu | 55 | 7 | / |
| Igowuu | 55 | 6 | / |
| Engobu | 55 | 5 | / |
| Yogobu | 55 | 2 | / |
| Egobau | 55 | 1 | / |
| Eghebu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Ukgebu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Hegavu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Eghaawu | 50 | 1 | / |
| Igouwou | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Igabu
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