Igosa Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Igosa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Igosa (23) may also be a first name.
Igosa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igosa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Igosa has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Igosa? popularity and diffusion
Igosa is the 4,908,606th most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Igosa live; 75 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Igosa is also the 2,239,265th most prevalent forename world-wide It is held by 23 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 3,549,025. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Bukedea District, where 55 percent reside, Serere District, where 18 percent reside and Buikwe District, where 9 percent reside. Barring Uganda Igosa exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 25 percent reside and Tanzania, where 6 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 Igosa
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