Igambo Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Igambo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Igambo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igambo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Igambo is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Igambo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,587,209th most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Igambo reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Igambo is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ondo, where 56 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 33 percent are found and Kano, where 11 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 17 percent are found and Uganda, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Igamboh | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gingambo | 86 | 226 | / |
| Igamba | 83 | 949 | / |
| Igombo | 83 | 22 | / |
| Iganbo | 83 | 10 | / |
| Egambo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ingamba | 77 | 1,321 | / |
| Ingombo | 77 | 517 | / |
| Iganboh | 77 | 102 | / |
| Ighombo | 77 | 73 | / |
| Engambo | 77 | 9 | / |
| Igambas | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ighamba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igamwoi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igamwho | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jgamboa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igambah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yigamba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ishgombo | 71 | 175 | / |
| Yingamba | 71 | 48 | / |
| Hingamba | 71 | 27 | / |
| Hingombo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Igambhat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Igomba | 67 | 169 | / |
| Ugamba | 67 | 17 | / |
| Ingoumbou | 67 | 5 | / |
| Egombo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Egamba | 67 | 5 | / |
| Egembo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Egamuo | 67 | 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 Igambo
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