Ijaga Surname
Approximately 843 people bear this surname
Ijaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 594 | 1:65,723 | 7,432 |
| Nigeria | 220 | 1:805,194 | 35,881 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Ijaga (44) may also be a first name.
Ijaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ijaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ijaga occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ijaga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 413,383rd most commonly used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 8,644,776 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ijaga live; 70 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Ijaga is also the 1,525,482nd most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 44 people.
The surname Ijaga is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 594 people, or 1 in 65,723. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Yumbe District, where 89 percent are found, Koboko District, where 4 percent are found and Arua District, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Uganda this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 26 percent are found and Indonesia, where 3 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 Ijaga
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