Iyange Surname
Approximately 406 people bear this surname
Iyange Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 268 | 1:660,980 | 30,902 |
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Iyange (71) may also be a first name.
Iyange Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyange Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Iyange occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyange? popularity and diffusion
The last name Iyange is the 718,674th most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 17,949,620 people. The surname Iyange occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Iyange live; 66 percent live in West Africa and 66 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,152,838th most commonly used forename in the world, borne by 71 people.
Iyange is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 268 people, or 1 in 660,980. In Nigeria Iyange is most common in: Benue, where 92 percent are found, Borno, where 3 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 34 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Iyange
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