Igoboye Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Igoboye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Igoboye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1021:1,736,69463,540
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Igoboye (84) may also be a first name.

Igoboye Last Name Facts

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

The last name Igoboye is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Igoboye? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,817,111th most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. Igoboye is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Igoboye are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Igoboye is also the 1,046,220th most commonly held given name at a global level, borne by 84 people.

This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 102 people, or 1 in 1,736,694. In Nigeria Igoboye is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 98 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ighoboya801/
Egobye773/
Ugoboy773/
Igobie771/
Igubye771/
Ingoibiye751/
Ighobue7186/
Igoboji715/
Igebowe713/
Eghoboe712/
Igabiye711/
Ugoboje711/
Igowoje711/
Ighoboja6717/
Enggoboy671/
Ighowoyi671/
Ighobayi671/
Gigabhoy671/
Hingaboy671/
Igabouyi671/

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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 Igoboye
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