Ijege Surname
Approximately 672 people bear this surname
Ijege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 671 | 1:263,998 | 15,110 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Ijege (93) may also be a first name.
Ijege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ijege Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ijege is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ijege? popularity and diffusion
Ijege is the 492,243rd most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 10,844,562 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ijege reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 986,211th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 93 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 671 people, or 1 in 263,998. In Nigeria Ijege is most numerous in: Benue, where 41 percent live, Cross River, where 22 percent live and Lagos, where 12 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Sweden, where 0 percent live.
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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 Ijege
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