Ijota Surname
Approximately 715 people bear this surname
Ijota Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 713 | 1:54,754 | 6,489 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Ijota (50) may also be a first name.
Ijota Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ijota Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ijota occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ijota? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ijota is the 469,804th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 10,192,372 people. Ijota occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ijota reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Ijota is also the 1,412,538th most prevalent given name on earth It is held by 50 people.
Ijota is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is held by 713 people, or 1 in 54,754. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Yumbe District, where 77 percent live, Koboko District, where 17 percent live and Moyo District, where 3 percent live. Aside from Uganda this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, 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 Ijota
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