Igoya Surname
Approximately 331 people bear this surname
Igoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 226 | 1:326,901 | 29,253 |
| Nigeria | 102 | 1:1,736,694 | 63,540 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
Igoya (22) may also be a first name.
Igoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Igoya has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Igoya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Igoya is the 833,931st most commonly used last name internationally, held by around 1 in 22,016,755 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Igoya reside; 68 percent reside in Central Africa and 68 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 22 people.
The surname Igoya is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 226 people, or 1 in 326,901. Barring The DR Congo this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 31 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 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 Igoya
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