Igayo Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Igayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 96 | 1:551,475 | 35,149 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Igayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Igayo is most common in Tanzania. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Igayo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,775,494th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Igayo are found; 92 percent are found in East Africa and 92 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Igayo is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 551,475. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Mwanza Region, where 95 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 4 percent reside and Geita Region, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside and Indonesia, where 3 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 Igayo
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