Iganya Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Iganya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Iganya (170) may also be a first name.
Iganya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iganya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Iganya is most common in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iganya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,432,070th most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Iganya are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Iganya is also the 701,320th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 170 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 5,535,711. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Kogi, where 53 percent reside, Benue, where 28 percent reside and Ogun, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inganya | 92 | 39 | / |
| Higanya | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ginganya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Iganja | 83 | 125 | / |
| Igania | 83 | 42 | / |
| Eganya | 83 | 29 | / |
| Igonya | 83 | 9 | / |
| Iganyo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Jigania | 77 | 139 | / |
| Enganya | 77 | 82 | / |
| Gigania | 77 | 4 | / |
| Higania | 77 | 2 | / |
| Jigonya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Inganyo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Țiganea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Inganja | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igaña | 73 | 210 | / |
| Hingania | 71 | 48 | / |
| Enghanya | 71 | 16 | / |
| Inggania | 71 | 6 | / |
| Aighanea | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ighanaiyaai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egania | 67 | 242 | / |
| Igonyo | 67 | 223 | / |
| Egonya | 67 | 84 | / |
| Ygania | 67 | 6 | / |
| Iganjo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Eganyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igañia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iganio | 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 Iganya
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis