Ijenu Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Ijenu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 71 | 1:2,494,968 | 82,261 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ijenu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ijenu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ijenu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ijenu? popularity and diffusion
Ijenu is the 2,203,767th most frequently used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. Ijenu is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ijenu live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Ijenu is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 71 people, or 1 in 2,494,968. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Enugu, where 34 percent live, Kano, where 27 percent live and Benue, where 15 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 1 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
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- 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 Ijenu
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