Igesa Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Igesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 62 | 1:744,837 | 30,879 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Igesa (21) may also be a first name.
Igesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Igesa has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Igesa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,372,517th most widespread last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Igesa reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 92 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Igesa is also the 2,368,944th most frequent given name in the world, held by 21 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 744,837. In Kenya Igesa is mostly concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 79 percent live, Nairobi County, where 6 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 6 percent live. Beside Kenya Igesa occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent live and Tanzania, where 2 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 Igesa
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