Igbafen Surname
Approximately 400 people bear this surname
Igbafen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 387 | 1:457,733 | 23,307 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Igbafen (19) may also be a first name.
Igbafen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igbafen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Igbafen has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Igbafen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 726,304th most commonly held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 18,218,865 people. The last name Igbafen occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Igbafen are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 19 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 387 people, or 1 in 457,733. In Nigeria Igbafen is mostly found in: Edo, where 43 percent reside, Lagos, where 14 percent reside and Benue, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent reside and The United States, 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 Igbafen
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