Iyege Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Iyege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 49 | 1:3,615,158 | 105,602 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Iyege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyege Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Iyege is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Iyege click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyege? popularity and diffusion
The surname Iyege is the 2,718,172nd most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Iyege live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Iyege is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 3,615,158. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 33 percent are found, Benue, where 27 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 14 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent are found and Tanzania, where 2 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 Iyege
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