Irega Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Irega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 72 | 1:542,212 | 30,029 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Irega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Irega Come From? nationality or country of origin
Irega occurs most in Uganda. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Irega? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,091,648th most frequently held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Irega live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
It is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 72 people, or 1 in 542,212. In Uganda Irega is mostly concentrated in: Napak District, where 65 percent are found, Moroto District, where 26 percent are found and Kotido District, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Uganda Irega is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 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 Irega
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