Iregba Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Iregba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Benin | 12 | 1:861,300 | 44,192 |
Iregba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iregba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Iregba occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Iregba.
How Common Is The Last Name Iregba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,798,600th most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Iregba are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria Iregba is mostly found in: Edo, where 60 percent live, Abia, where 20 percent live and Lagos, where 13 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 44 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iroegba | 92 | 5 | / |
| Iregbe | 83 | 41 | / |
| Eregba | 83 | 8 | / |
| Iregwa | 83 | 5 | / |
| Iregua | 83 | 3 | / |
| Iragba | 83 | 2 | / |
| Iregbo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Irigba | 83 | 1 | / |
| Irogba | 83 | 1 | / |
| Irhegbe | 77 | 35 | / |
| Iroegbo | 77 | 29 | / |
| Ireigbe | 77 | 23 | / |
| Iriegbe | 77 | 9 | / |
| Airogba | 77 | 6 | / |
| Eregbai | 77 | 2 | / |
| Iriegbo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Airegbe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Girigba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jiregua | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ireagbo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Iorigba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yoregbay | 71 | 2 | / |
| Eregua | 67 | 409 | / |
| Irogbo | 67 | 355 | / |
| Eregwa | 67 | 285 | / |
| Eregbe | 67 | 69 | / |
| Eragba | 67 | 60 | / |
| Erigba | 67 | 29 | / |
| Irekwa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Irigbe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Irigbo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Yregbe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Uragba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Erhaegbai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Irekua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Urogba | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Iregba
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