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
The surname Igoya is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Igoya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Igoya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Igoya is the 833,931st most commonly held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 22,016,755 people. This last name 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 at a global level It is held by 22 people.
This surname is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 226 people, or 1 in 326,901. Outside of The DR Congo it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 31 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 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
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- 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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