Igungu Surname

1,504,764th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 139 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Igungu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Igungu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1201:1,476,19056,575
Tanzania181:2,941,20149,497
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ingungu92527/
Jigungu928/
Igunghu921/
Igugu91214/
Igunu9187/
Gingungu8675/
Igunnu83652/
Ugungu8355/
Egungu8334/
Igongu8319/
Jigunu835/
Iguunu831/
Igumnu831/
Engungu7721/
Ingunau7713/
Igounou771/
Egunu73141/
Egugu73101/
Jgugu731/
Ingounou715/
Inggunau713/
Aigougou712/
Uyngungu711/
Egongu6781/
Egunnu675/
Egounu673/
Engunu671/
Eggunu671/
Egounou629/
Hygunus624/
Eghughu621/
Eghounu621/
Engounou5713/
Ingougou571/
Igonu5528/
Oigonu5028/
Engugu503/
Egugoe501/
Ighonu501/

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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 Igungu
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