Ijiwa Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Ijiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Ijiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ijiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ijiwa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ijiwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ijiwa is the 4,772,636th most numerous surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. Ijiwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ijiwa reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Ijiwa is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria Ijiwa is mostly found in: Lagos, where 55 percent are found, Ogun, where 36 percent are found and Kaduna, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 29 percent are found and Benin, where 6 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 Ijiwa
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