Ighem Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Ighem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Ighem (85) may also be a first name.
Ighem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ighem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ighem is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ighem? popularity and diffusion
Ighem is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Ighem occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Ighem are found; 50 percent are found in Central Africa and 50 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,039,322nd most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 85 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Ighem is most frequent in: Southwest Region, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon Ighem exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 25 percent reside and Belgium, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inghem | 91 | 26 | / |
| Jighem | 91 | 8 | / |
| Aighem | 91 | 1 | / |
| Igheem | 91 | 1 | / |
| Highem | 91 | 0 | / |
| Igem | 89 | 11 | / |
| Jinghem | 83 | 8 | / |
| Ingheim | 83 | 3 | / |
| Ingheam | 83 | 0 | / |
| Jigem | 80 | 189 | / |
| Igeme | 80 | 91 | / |
| Eghem | 80 | 75 | / |
| Ingem | 80 | 27 | / |
| Iguem | 80 | 14 | / |
| Gigem | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oigem | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yigem | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ighim | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gingheim | 77 | 6 | / |
| Yigeme | 73 | 21 | / |
| Isgeym | 73 | 15 | / |
| Eeghem | 73 | 6 | / |
| Jingem | 73 | 5 | / |
| Heghem | 73 | 4 | / |
| Highim | 73 | 3 | / |
| Inggem | 73 | 3 | / |
| Egheim | 73 | 3 | / |
| Igieme | 73 | 1 | / |
| Inghim | 73 | 1 | / |
| Igueme | 73 | 1 | / |
| Higgem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Egem | 67 | 675 | / |
| Igim | 67 | 205 | / |
| Engheim | 67 | 13 | / |
| Hegheim | 67 | 12 | / |
| Jgem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ygem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Engehem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jigueme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hinghim | 67 | 0 | / |
| Higghim | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Ighem
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