Igoma Surname
Approximately 652 people bear this surname
Igoma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 319 | 1:555,306 | 27,054 |
| Uganda | 307 | 1:127,164 | 11,840 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Igoma (143) may also be a first name.
Igoma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igoma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Igoma is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Igoma? popularity and diffusion
The surname Igoma is the 503,825th most commonly held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 11,177,218 people. The surname Igoma occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Igoma reside; 51 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 772,378th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 143 people.
The surname Igoma is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 319 people, or 1 in 555,306. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Rivers, where 76 percent are found, Cross River, where 12 percent are found and Kaduna, where 3 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Igoma is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 47 percent are found and Tanzania, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Igoma
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