Ijegwa Surname
Approximately 505 people bear this surname
Ijegwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 504 | 1:351,474 | 18,977 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Ijegwa (75) may also be a first name.
Ijegwa Demographics
Ijegwa Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Ijegwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ijegwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ijegwa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ijegwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 611,703rd most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 14,430,784 people. The surname Ijegwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ijegwa live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ijegwa is also the 1,116,575th most common first name world-wide It is held by 75 people.
The surname Ijegwa is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 504 people, or 1 in 351,474. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 61 percent are found, Niger, where 13 percent are found and Lagos, where 7 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also common in Tanzania, where 0 percent are found.
Ijegwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Ijegwa surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
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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 Ijegwa
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