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 occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Igoma? popularity and diffusion
The last name Igoma is the 503,825th most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 11,177,218 people. The surname Igoma occurs predominantly 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 frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 143 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 319 people, or 1 in 555,306. In Nigeria Igoma is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 76 percent live, Cross River, where 12 percent live and Kaduna, where 3 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 47 percent live and Tanzania, where 2 percent live.
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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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