Iguve Surname

1,108,016th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 220 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Iguve Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Iguve Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1711:1,035,92343,476
India481:15,980,529256,885
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Iguve (14) may also be a first name.

Iguve Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Iguve Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Iguve (Marathi: ईगवे) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Iguve? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,108,016th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 33,125,209 people. The surname Iguve occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Iguve live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently held forename on earth, held by 14 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 171 people, or 1 in 1,035,923. In Nigeria Iguve is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 81 percent live, Kaduna, where 6 percent live and Lagos, where 4 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Iguve exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 22 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ikguve914/
Iguveh912/
Igguve911/
Ing'uve831/
Igube802,303/
Iguwe80210/
Igive8044/
Eguve8032/
Uguve804/
Iguva804/
Igouwe73507/
Ighive7320/
Iguwei737/
Egouve732/
Igubeh732/
Higive731/
Iguswe731/
Yiguva731/
Ighuwe731/
Gigoube672/
Eiguber671/
Ingoube671/
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Iguve Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Iguve in the Marathi language
ईगवेigave-

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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 Iguve
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