Igungu Surname
Approximately 139 people bear this surname
Igungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 120 | 1:1,476,190 | 56,575 |
| Tanzania | 18 | 1:2,941,201 | 49,497 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Igungu (21) may also be a first name.
Igungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Igungu is most common in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Igungu.
How Common Is The Last Name Igungu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,504,764th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 52,428,388 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Igungu reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Igungu is also the 2,368,944th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, borne by 21 people.
The surname Igungu is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 120 people, or 1 in 1,476,190. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 98 percent are found and Lagos, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 13 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingungu | 92 | 527 | / |
| Jigungu | 92 | 8 | / |
| Igunghu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Igugu | 91 | 214 | / |
| Igunu | 91 | 87 | / |
| Gingungu | 86 | 75 | / |
| Igunnu | 83 | 652 | / |
| Ugungu | 83 | 55 | / |
| Egungu | 83 | 34 | / |
| Igongu | 83 | 19 | / |
| Jigunu | 83 | 5 | / |
| Iguunu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Igumnu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Engungu | 77 | 21 | / |
| Ingunau | 77 | 13 | / |
| Igounou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Egunu | 73 | 141 | / |
| Egugu | 73 | 101 | / |
| Jgugu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ingounou | 71 | 5 | / |
| Inggunau | 71 | 3 | / |
| Aigougou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Uyngungu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egongu | 67 | 81 | / |
| Egunnu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Egounu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Engunu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eggunu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egounou | 62 | 9 | / |
| Hygunus | 62 | 4 | / |
| Eghughu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Eghounu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Engounou | 57 | 13 | / |
| Ingougou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Igonu | 55 | 28 | / |
| Oigonu | 50 | 28 | / |
| Engugu | 50 | 3 | / |
| Egugoe | 50 | 1 | / |
| Ighonu | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Igungu
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