Ignatius Surname

54,060th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,427 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Guyana

Ignatius Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'being born from fire', 'fire', 'to ignite'.

Ancestors are known to have been part of Philippine Revolutions.

Ignatius Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3,7761:46,9133,641
India5551:1,382,10053,327
Indonesia5141:257,29423,362
United States4751:763,07159,419
Finland4431:12,4081,866
Sri Lanka4391:47,4005,492
Ghana4161:64,9546,785
Lebanon4121:13,6821,907
Malaysia3651:80,8065,697
Tanzania2901:182,55715,833
Cameroon2461:84,42710,261
Namibia2151:11,2072,124
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Papua New Guinea1201:67,9488,868
United Arab Emirates1191:76,9947,015
England1171:476,22330,919
Netherlands1121:150,77822,601
Germany1001:805,05559,076
Kenya971:476,08124,779
Guyana731:10,4411,550
Canada701:526,36644,416
Singapore391:141,2236,278
Sweden311:317,63722,171
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Australia281:964,13257,058
Trinidad and Tobago251:54,5594,614
Estonia151:88,12015,474
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
Oman61:614,6626,082
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Liberia51:881,70733,815
Maldives41:101,0433,565
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
France41:16,605,680368,153
Saint Lucia21:89,3902,918
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Saint Martin11:35,156229
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States291:1,731,67989,620

Ignatius (82,257) may also be a first name.

Ignatius Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'being born from fire', 'fire', 'to ignite'.

Ancestors are known to have been part of Philippine Revolutions.

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DNA test information
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Ignatius Demographics

Ignatius Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 1 (1901)

Religious Adherence
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Ignatius Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ignatius (Hindi: इग्नीशियश, Marathi: इनास, Oriya: ଇଗନ୍ାସିଉସ, Russian: Игнатиус) is most common in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ignatius? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ignatius is the 54,060th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 773,050 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 54 percent of Ignatius live; 45 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ignatius is also the 12,087th most numerous first name internationally, borne by 82,257 people.

The surname Ignatius is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3,776 people, or 1 in 46,913. In Nigeria Ignatius is mostly concentrated in: Adamawa, where 18 percent reside, Plateau, where 8 percent reside and Lagos, where 7 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Ignatius occurs in 65 countries. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent reside and Indonesia, where 5 percent reside.

Ignatius Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Ignatius has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ignatius last name grew 1,638 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 11,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ignatius Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Maronite (96%) in Lebanon.

In The United States Ignatius are 4.79% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 58.02% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Ignatius earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 51.19% less than the national average, earning 168,921 kr per year; in United States they earn 6.74% more than the national average, earning $46,056 USD per year and in Canada they earn 73.82% more than the national average, earning $86,359 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ignatious94731/
Ingnatius949/
Ignastius946/
Ignatiusd945/
Itgnatius941/
Igneatius941/
Ignaitius941/
Ignatiu936/
Inatius933/
Ignatiou88722/
Ignatiuc88493/
Ignetius8892/
Ignatoiu8834/
Ingatius8825/
Egnatius8815/
Ignotius885/
Ijnatius882/
Jgnatius882/
Ugnatius881/
Isnatius881/
Ignatieu881/
Egnatious822/
Ihnatiu801/
Jonatious711/
Inotyu57100/
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Ignatius Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ignatius in the Marathi language
इनासinasa54.55
णातीउसnati'usa9.09
इग्णातीउसignati'usa9.09
नातीसnatisa4.55
इनसinasa4.55
गाातीउसgaati'usa4.55
ईनासinasa4.55
इगमत्युसigamatyusa4.55
ईगनासीसiganasisa4.55
Ignatius in the Hindi language
इग्नीशियशignisiyasa50
इग्नासियुसignasiyusa50
Ignatius in the Oriya language
ଇଗନ୍ାସିଉସiganasi'usa28.57
ଇଗନ୍ାସିୟୁସ୍iganasiyus14.29
ଇଗନ୍ାଟିଅସiganati'asa14.29
ଇଗନ୍ାସିୟୁସiganasiyusa14.29
ଇଗନ୍ାତିୟୁସiganatiyusa14.29
ଇଗନ୍ାଟିୟୁସiganatiyusa14.29
Ignatius in the Russian language
Игнатиусignatius-

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