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
Ijiga is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ijiga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 311,195th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,022,765 people. The surname Ijiga is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ijiga are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 951,070th most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 99 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,204 people, or 1 in 147,129. In Nigeria Ijiga is most frequent in: Benue, where 59 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 6 percent are found and Kogi, where 6 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 0 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 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 Ijiga
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