Ijiga Surname
Approximately 1,210 people bear this surname
Ijiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,204 | 1:147,129 | 9,353 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ijiga (99) may also be a first name.
Ijiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ijiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ijiga is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ijiga? popularity and diffusion
Ijiga is the 311,195th most commonly used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 6,022,765 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ijiga reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 951,070th most widely held first name at a global level, held by 99 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,204 people, or 1 in 147,129. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 59 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 6 percent live and Kogi, where 6 percent live. Other than Nigeria Ijiga exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 0 percent live and Uganda, 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 Ijiga
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