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 is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Igonga.
How Common Is The Last Name Igonga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Igonga is the 801,116th most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 20,821,560 people. Igonga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Igonga live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,060,447th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 82 people.
The surname Igonga is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 323 people, or 1 in 163,906. In Tanzania Igonga is primarily found in: Mara Region, where 54 percent reside, Dodoma Region, where 40 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 7 percent reside and Angola, where 0 percent reside.
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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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