Ijegalu Surname

609,110th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 508 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ijegalu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ijegalu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5011:353,57819,069
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ijegalu (14) may also be a first name.

Ijegalu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ijegalu is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ijegalu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 609,110th most widespread surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 14,345,563 people. The last name Ijegalu is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ijegalu live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ijegalu is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring given name on earth, borne by 14 people.

Ijegalu is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 501 people, or 1 in 353,578. In Nigeria Ijegalu is mostly concentrated in: Enugu, where 68 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent reside and Rivers, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ijeagalu9310/
Jegalu9234/
Jegalut8622/
Jengalu8612/
Ejegalu861/
Ijagalu861/
Igegalu861/
Egalu83282/
Jengalau801/
Eegalu773/
Egalou772/
Jengolu714/
Gengalu711/
Ajagalu711/
Aingalu711/
Egolu67311/
Ezeghalu671/
Yengallu671/
Jeegollu671/

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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 Ijegalu
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