Ighama Surname
Approximately 242 people bear this surname
Ighama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 237 | 1:747,438 | 33,954 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ighama (53) may also be a first name.
Ighama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ighama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ighama occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ighama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,038,570th most commonly used last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 30,113,826 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ighama are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 53 people.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 237 people, or 1 in 747,438. In Nigeria Ighama is mostly concentrated in: Edo, where 70 percent reside, Delta, where 16 percent reside and Ogun, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria Ighama exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 0 percent reside and England, 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 Ighama
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