Ishenge Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Ishenge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 91 | 1:1,946,624 | 68,955 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
Ishenge (11) may also be a first name.
Ishenge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ishenge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ishenge is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Ishenge click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ishenge? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ishenge is the 1,612,213th most prevalent surname on earth, held by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ishenge reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 11 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 91 people, or 1 in 1,946,624. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 97 percent reside, Lagos, where 2 percent reside and Plateau, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 27 percent reside.
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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 Ishenge
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