Ijave Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Ijave Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
Ijave (15) may also be a first name.
Ijave Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ijave Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ijave (Marathi: इजवे) is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ijave.
How Common Is The Last Name Ijave? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,776,799th most widely held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 65 percent of Ijave are found; 65 percent are found in West Africa and 65 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ijave is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 15 people.
The surname Ijave is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 5,535,711. In Nigeria Ijave is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 34 percent live, Edo, where 28 percent live and Benue, where 22 percent live. Not including Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 35 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ijave Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ijave in the Marathi language | ||
| इजवे | ijave | 90 |
| ईजवे | ijave | 10 |
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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 Ijave
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