Igibe Surname

990,978th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 259 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Igibe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Igibe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea2501:32,6153,803
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080

Igibe (235) may also be a first name.

Igibe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Igibe Come From? nationality or country of origin

Igibe occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Igibe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Igibe is the 990,978th most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 28,137,243 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Igibe live; 97 percent live in Oceania Islands and 97 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Igibe is also the 584,346th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 235 people.

Igibe is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 250 people, or 1 in 32,615. In Papua New Guinea Igibe is primarily found in: Hela, where 89 percent reside, National Capital District, where 8 percent reside and West New Britain, where 3 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea Igibe is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 3 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gigibe917/
Iguibe917/
Igiebe914/
Jigibe912/
Ingibe911/
Ingiebe8321/
Hingibe836/
Igibehi831/
Gingibe831/
Igube802,303/
Izibe80112/
Igiba8095/
Igive8044/
Isibe8028/
Igebe8021/
Igiwe8014/
Egibe8012/
Ugibe8010/
Igybe804/
Ijibe803/
Ingiebeh771/
Igiewe73519/
Ichibe73290/
Ingebe7355/
Oigebe7336/
Ighiba7331/
Igibay7328/
Ighive7320/
Igibai7313/
Iziebe739/
Hizibe739/
Iguiwe738/
Gigive735/
Eguibe735/
Izibee734/
Igibio734/
Ighebe734/
Jigiba733/
Igubeh732/
Aigibi731/
Isiber731/
Higive731/
Hisibe731/
Igaiba731/
Igibaa731/
Ijibeh731/
Izaibe731/
Yigebe731/
Ugiebe731/
Eigebee672/
Igieboi672/
Gaizibe672/
Iguibai672/
Higebee671/
Izibest671/
Iguibay671/
Itchibe671/
Izibehe671/
Yogibhe671/
Engiebe671/
Ighebet671/
Igiewie671/
Gizebhe671/

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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
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  • 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 Igibe
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