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
Iyange is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyange? popularity and diffusion
The last name Iyange is the 718,674th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 17,949,620 people. The surname Iyange is mostly found 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 prevalent first name internationally It is held by 71 people.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 268 people, or 1 in 660,980. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 92 percent reside, Borno, where 3 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 1 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Iyange occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 34 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 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 Iyange
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