Ijesa Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Ijesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Ijesa (31) may also be a first name.
Ijesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ijesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ijesa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ijesa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,532,898th most numerous last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Ijesa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ijesa live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently occurring given name world-wide It is held by 31 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 89 percent are found, Enugu, where 6 percent are found and Sokoto, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Ijesa
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