Igobo Surname
Approximately 191 people bear this surname
Igobo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 159 | 1:1,114,105 | 45,936 |
| Uganda | 21 | 1:1,859,013 | 62,128 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Igobo (47) may also be a first name.
Igobo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igobo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Igobo occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Igobo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,222,957th most common surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 38,154,691 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Igobo reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Igobo is also the 1,467,136th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 47 people.
The last name Igobo is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 159 people, or 1 in 1,114,105. In Nigeria Igobo is most numerous in: Rivers, where 65 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 24 percent are found and Lagos, where 3 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 11 percent are found and Tanzania, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingobo | 91 | 116 | / |
| Gigobo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ijgobo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ugobo | 80 | 633 | / |
| Egobo | 80 | 397 | / |
| Igabo | 80 | 191 | / |
| Igoba | 80 | 30 | / |
| Igubo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Jgobo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Igowo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Igovo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ingoba | 73 | 920 | / |
| Engobo | 73 | 437 | / |
| Ingabo | 73 | 140 | / |
| Ighovo | 73 | 137 | / |
| Ughobo | 73 | 27 | / |
| Oigabo | 73 | 21 | / |
| Igobah | 73 | 15 | / |
| Igiebo | 73 | 13 | / |
| Oigowo | 73 | 11 | / |
| Eghobo | 73 | 10 | / |
| Gigabo | 73 | 8 | / |
| Igohwo | 73 | 4 | / |
| Igaboh | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ugoboy | 73 | 3 | / |
| Igouba | 73 | 2 | / |
| Egoibo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ighowo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Igeboh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ugoboh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ingovo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aigabo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yigovo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Egobot | 73 | 1 | / |
| Igeboi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ighebo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Egoubo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Egoybo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yogobo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ehieghobo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Igoboiowa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ighouba | 67 | 144 | / |
| Ighowho | 67 | 94 | / |
| Gingabo | 67 | 79 | / |
| Ighohwo | 67 | 41 | / |
| Gingoba | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ingompo | 67 | 21 | / |
| Jingabo | 67 | 21 | / |
| Eghoebo | 67 | 17 | / |
| Hingoba | 67 | 13 | / |
| Inggabo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Igieboi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ingouba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yingovo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yingowo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igouwou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igoubah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Enghobo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hingabo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ing'oba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aighoba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jigouba | 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
- 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 Igobo
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