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
The surname Iyaga is most common in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyaga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Iyaga is the 1,478,479th most numerous surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 50,961,860 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Iyaga live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most frequent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 38 people.
The last name Iyaga is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 108 people, or 1 in 1,640,211. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Delta, where 49 percent live, Edo, where 24 percent live and Benue, where 12 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent live and Indonesia, where 8 percent live.
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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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