Igayi Surname
Approximately 247 people bear this surname
Igayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 193 | 1:274,309 | 21,578 |
| Kenya | 52 | 1:888,075 | 32,885 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Igayi (81) may also be a first name.
Igayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Igayi is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Igayi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Igayi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,022,958th most frequently used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 29,504,234 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Igayi reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 79 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,068,082nd most frequent forename world-wide. It is borne by 81 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 193 people, or 1 in 274,309. In Tanzania Igayi is most common in: Mara Region, where 54 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 43 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 1 percent reside. Other than Tanzania Igayi exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 21 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 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 Igayi
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