Irigei Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Irigei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 143 | 1:273,002 | 19,668 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Irigei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Irigei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Irigei has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Irigei.
How Common Is The Last Name Irigei? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,465,390th most frequent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. The last name Irigei occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Irigei reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is held by 143 people, or 1 in 273,002. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Kumi District, where 50 percent live, Pallisa District, where 22 percent live and Bukedea District, where 13 percent live. Not including Uganda this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irigiei | 92 | 9 | / |
| Erigei | 83 | 3 | / |
| Irigye | 83 | 1 | / |
| Iriguie | 77 | 69 | / |
| Iriguihe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Iriguiet | 71 | 1 | / |
| Uregei | 67 | 62 | / |
| Hurigejji | 67 | 38 | / |
| Eregei | 67 | 9 | / |
| Irigya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jirjgee | 62 | 19 | / |
| Hiresii | 62 | 1 | / |
| Irichie | 62 | 1 | / |
| Erigijj | 62 | 1 | / |
| Jireghie | 57 | 88 | / |
| Gerrigje | 57 | 5 | / |
| Iritchie | 57 | 1 | / |
| Irichiid | 57 | 1 | / |
| Erigihha | 57 | 1 | / |
| Gergiggje | 53 | 1 | / |
| Hurigujji | 53 | 1 | / |
| Huregejji | 53 | 1 | / |
| Heregeist | 53 | 0 | / |
| Hiriyajjer | 50 | 9 | / |
| Erijie | 50 | 1 | / |
| Erigya | 50 | 1 | / |
| Urjgee | 50 | 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 Irigei
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis