Igwenga Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Igwenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Igwenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igwenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Igwenga is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Igwenga? popularity and diffusion
Igwenga is the 4,649,889th most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Igwenga occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Igwenga live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Igwenga is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria Igwenga is primarily found in: Ebonyi, where 76 percent live and Lagos, where 24 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Igwengah | 93 | 3 | / |
| Igweangha | 88 | 3 | / |
| Igwengaha | 88 | 1 | / |
| Iguenga | 86 | 4 | / |
| Egwenga | 86 | 1 | / |
| Igbenga | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ingwenge | 80 | 34 | / |
| Egwengea | 80 | 21 | / |
| Engwenga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ukwenga | 71 | 99 | / |
| Ikwenge | 71 | 83 | / |
| Igbenge | 71 | 56 | / |
| Ikwengi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Egbenga | 71 | 4 | / |
| Egwinga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egwenge | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egwengo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eguenga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gikwenge | 67 | 21 | / |
| Eagwengo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Jcgbenga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekwennga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egbenge | 57 | 34 | / |
| Igbingi | 57 | 27 | / |
| Ikuenge | 57 | 5 | / |
| Ekwenge | 57 | 5 | / |
| Egbengo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ekwngha | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ekwengi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Eguenge | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ikwinge | 57 | 1 | / |
| Igbingie | 53 | 23 | / |
| Ekweungo | 53 | 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 Igwenga
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