Iyaga Surname
Approximately 143 people bear this surname
Iyaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 108 | 1:1,640,211 | 60,875 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Iyaga (38) may also be a first name.
Iyaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Iyaga is found most in Nigeria. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyaga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,478,479th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Iyaga live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Iyaga is also the 1,662,754th most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 38 people.
The last name Iyaga is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 108 people, or 1 in 1,640,211. In Nigeria it is most common in: Delta, where 49 percent reside, Edo, where 24 percent reside and Benue, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside and Indonesia, where 8 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 Iyaga
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