Ijaru Surname
Approximately 633 people bear this surname
Ijaru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 623 | 1:62,663 | 7,181 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
Ijaru (12) may also be a first name.
Ijaru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ijaru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ijaru is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ijaru? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 515,280th most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by around 1 in 11,512,711 people. The surname Ijaru occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ijaru live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Ijaru is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held forename globally, borne by 12 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is held by 623 people, or 1 in 62,663. In Uganda Ijaru is mostly concentrated in: Yumbe District, where 87 percent are found, Koboko District, where 7 percent are found and Arua District, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Uganda this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 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 Ijaru
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