Igaja Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Igaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Igaja (28) may also be a first name.
Igaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Igaja is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Igaja.
How Common Is The Last Name Igaja? popularity and diffusion
Igaja is the 8,968,613th most numerous surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Igaja occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Igaja reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Igaja is also the 1,994,417th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 28 people.
The last name Igaja is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Igaja is most common in: Benue, where 33 percent reside, Cross River, where 33 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 33 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 25 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 Igaja
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