Igege Surname
Approximately 360 people bear this surname
Igege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 315 | 1:562,358 | 27,325 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Igege (22) may also be a first name.
Igege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igege Come From? nationality or country of origin
Igege is found most in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Igege? popularity and diffusion
The last name Igege is the 785,023rd most commonly held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 20,243,183 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Igege are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 22 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 315 people, or 1 in 562,358. In Nigeria Igege is most prevalent in: Ondo, where 32 percent live, Rivers, where 24 percent live and Lagos, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 11 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 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 Igege
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