Ignetus Surname
Approximately 257 people bear this surname
Ignetus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 256 | 1:691,964 | 32,018 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Ignetus (986) may also be a first name.
Ignetus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ignetus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ignetus is found most in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ignetus.
How Common Is The Last Name Ignetus? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 996,001st most commonly used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 28,356,210 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ignetus are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 256,549th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 986 people.
The surname Ignetus is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 256 people, or 1 in 691,964. In Nigeria Ignetus is primarily found in: Adamawa, where 21 percent reside, Ebonyi, where 17 percent reside and Kogi, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ignestus | 93 | 3 | / |
| Ignetous | 93 | 2 | / |
| Ignethus | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ignetaus | 93 | 1 | / |
| Igneitus | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ignaetus | 93 | 1 | / |
| Igennetus | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ignatus | 86 | 3,019 | / |
| Ignitus | 86 | 92 | / |
| Ignotus | 86 | 18 | / |
| Genetus | 86 | 7 | / |
| Egnetus | 86 | 5 | / |
| Ignatuis | 80 | 23 | / |
| Ignatush | 80 | 15 | / |
| Ignaitus | 80 | 6 | / |
| Ignateus | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ignathus | 80 | 2 | / |
| Eagnetus | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oignatus | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ignithus | 80 | 1 | / |
| Genetu | 77 | 14,340 | / |
| Ingetu | 77 | 9 | / |
| Imnetu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Injetu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Enetus | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ihnetu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jinetu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ignătuș | 71 | 38 | / |
| Egnatus | 71 | 13 | / |
| Ginitus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ignătuş | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hainetu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gainetu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Inaytus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Enetu | 67 | 44 | / |
| Initu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ehienetu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ignetus
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