Igomu Surname

154,504th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,841 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Igomu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Igomu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,2721:77,9685,559
Indonesia5611:235,73821,760
England31:18,572,686338,250
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Igomu (154) may also be a first name.

Igomu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Igomu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Igomu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 154,504th most commonly used last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,565,134 people. The last name Igomu is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Igomu reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Igomu is also the 740,891st most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 154 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,272 people, or 1 in 77,968. In Nigeria Igomu is most numerous in: Benue, where 49 percent live, Kogi, where 10 percent live and Lagos, where 6 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 20 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Igomu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iggomu9153/
Ighomu915/
Igotmu912/
Igomou911/
Igomuh911/
Inggomu8325/
Igoumou839/
Ighotmu831/
Igamu8093/
Igemu8051/
Igumu8044/
Egomu8027/
Ugomu803/
Higoumou771/
Ingamu734/
Igummu731/
Ingamou671/
Egoumou671/
Jingamu671/
Engoumou6213/
Aingamou622/
Hingamou621/
Egemu6093/
Egumu6084/
Egamu6070/
Ugamu6010/
Ugemu601/
Haingammu572/
Engamu5562/
Engumu5534/
Uggamu5516/
Egamou551/
Gegamu551/
Engamou5024/
Jghamou504/
Egemmeu501/

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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 Igomu
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