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
The surname Ighama occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ighama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,038,570th most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 30,113,826 people. This surname is mostly 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. Ighama is also the 1,366,219th most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 53 people.
The last name Ighama is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 237 people, or 1 in 747,438. In Nigeria Ighama is primarily found in: Edo, where 70 percent live, Delta, where 16 percent live and Ogun, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 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 Ighama
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