Igere Surname
Approximately 1,567 people bear this surname
Igere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,536 | 1:115,327 | 7,644 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Igere (105) may also be a first name.
Igere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Igere is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Igere? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 252,519th most frequent family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 4,650,636 people. The last name Igere occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Igere reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Igere is also the 920,134th most commonly held forename globally, borne by 105 people.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,536 people, or 1 in 115,327. In Nigeria Igere is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 63 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 13 percent reside and Edo, where 5 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Igere occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 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 Igere
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