Igey Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Igey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 140 | 1:1,265,305 | 50,482 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Igey (375) may also be a first name.
Igey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Igey is found most in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Igey? popularity and diffusion
Igey is the 1,484,726th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Igey live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 448,097th most frequently held forename worldwide It is held by 375 people.
Igey is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 140 people, or 1 in 1,265,305. In Nigeria Igey is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 95 percent are found, Sokoto, where 4 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 1 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and Malaysia, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Igey
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