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 has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Igayo? popularity and diffusion
Igayo is the 1,775,494th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname Igayo 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.
The surname Igayo is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 551,475. In Tanzania Igayo is most prevalent in: Mwanza Region, where 95 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 4 percent live and Geita Region, where 1 percent live. Barring Tanzania this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live and Indonesia, where 3 percent live.
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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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