Ighala Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Ighala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
Ighala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ighala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ighala is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ighala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ighala is the 5,213,395th most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. Ighala occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Ighala live; 50 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 5,577,040. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Namutumba District, where 29 percent reside, Bugiri District, where 14 percent reside and Buyende District, where 14 percent reside. Besides Uganda Ighala occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 29 percent reside and India, where 21 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 Ighala
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