Igoye Surname
Approximately 170 people bear this surname
Igoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 159 | 1:245,530 | 18,354 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Igoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Igoye is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Igoye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,321,499th most widespread family name on earth, held by around 1 in 42,867,917 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Igoye are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 89 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 159 people, or 1 in 245,530. In Uganda Igoye is most prevalent in: Pallisa District, where 79 percent are found, Mbale District, where 4 percent are found and Kampala District, where 3 percent are found. Beside Uganda this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 5 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 Igoye
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