Igonga Surname
Approximately 350 people bear this surname
Igonga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 323 | 1:163,906 | 14,587 |
| Uganda | 24 | 1:1,626,637 | 57,482 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Igonga (82) may also be a first name.
Igonga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igonga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Igonga has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Igonga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 801,116th most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,821,560 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Igonga live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Igonga is also the 1,060,447th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 82 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 323 people, or 1 in 163,906. In Tanzania Igonga is most prevalent in: Mara Region, where 54 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 40 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 3 percent live. Besides Tanzania it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 7 percent live and Angola, where 0 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 Igonga
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