Niyigaba Surname
Approximately 10,937 people bear this surname
Niyigaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 10,543 | 1:1,078 | 254 |
| Uganda | 361 | 1:108,142 | 10,617 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Burundi | 9 | 1:1,089,428 | 846 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Niyigaba (11) may also be a first name.
Niyigaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niyigaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Niyigaba is more frequently found in Rwanda than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Niyigaba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Niyigaba is the 47,337th most common surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 666,320 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Niyigaba reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Niyigaba is also the 3,487,849th most numerous given name on earth, borne by 11 people.
The last name Niyigaba is most frequently occurring in Rwanda, where it is borne by 10,543 people, or 1 in 1,078. Without taking into account Rwanda Niyigaba is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 3 percent are found and The DR Congo, 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
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- 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 Niyigaba
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