Igoro Surname
Approximately 351 people bear this surname
Igoro Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 308 | 1:575,139 | 27,820 |
| Kenya | 37 | 1:1,248,105 | 35,192 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Igoro (64) may also be a first name.
Igoro Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igoro Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Igoro is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Igoro? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 799,576th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 20,762,239 people. The surname Igoro occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Igoro live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,223,525th most prevalent forename worldwide, borne by 64 people.
Igoro is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 308 people, or 1 in 575,139. In Nigeria Igoro is most common in: Bayelsa, where 57 percent are found, Delta, where 28 percent are found and Edo, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 11 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 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 Igoro
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