Ighere Surname
Approximately 539 people bear this surname
Ighere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 532 | 1:332,975 | 18,161 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Ighere (20) may also be a first name.
Ighere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ighere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ighere is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ighere? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 582,011th most common family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 13,520,493 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ighere live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 20 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 532 people, or 1 in 332,975. In Nigeria Ighere is most frequent in: Delta, where 88 percent live, Lagos, where 5 percent live and Edo, where 2 percent live. Beside Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 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 Ighere
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