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
The surname Igey occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Igey.
How Common Is The Last Name Igey? popularity and diffusion
The last name Igey is the 1,484,726th most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Igey are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Igey is also the 448,097th most frequently used given name throughout the world, borne by 375 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 140 people, or 1 in 1,265,305. In Nigeria Igey is most numerous in: Rivers, where 95 percent are found, Sokoto, where 4 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs 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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