Ijene Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Ijene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Ijene (13) may also be a first name.
Ijene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ijene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ijene is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ijene? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,587,209th most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. Ijene is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ijene reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ijene is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 13 people.
The surname Ijene is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 50 percent live, Rivers, where 38 percent live and Cross River, where 13 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 33 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 Ijene
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