Ignace is used as a family name or surname in Rwanda. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ignace
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Rwanda
Meaning: Focused in the overseas departments, the name refers to the name Ignatius (Latin Egnatius transformed into Ignatius under the influence of the word "ignis" = fire), first popularized by a bishop of Antioch who was martyred in 107, then by Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order. Varientes Ignas (974) Ignasse (09). The surname is quite common in Spain under the Ignacio shape. It is found in Italy in the forms Ignazio (very rare) and Ignazi (name carried in the Marche, province of Ascoli Piceno) or Ignazzi (Apulia) and its diminutive Ignazzitto (Sicily).

How popular is Ignace?

Ignace is common in Rwanda.

Ignace is ranked 122111 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Ignace bearers increased by 2.116402 per cent in 2010 US census to 193 since 2000, the surname slipped by 4078 spots and ranked at 94730. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 69.95 74.6
Black 24.35 12.17
American Indian and Alaska Native 4.15 5.29
Ignace is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Rwanda which may be its originating country too. Around 3272 people have been found who wears Ignace as their family name. Ignace is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
201,317 England2
3,478 Haiti2
11,224 Cameroon2
5,859 Mauritius2
960 Saint Lucia2
23,434 Burkina Faso1
30,360 Thailand1
4,435 Togo1
13,606 Senegal1
3,214 Niger1
6,033 Benin1
1,253 Burundi1
613 Central African Republic1
2,505 Congo1
2,232 French Polynesia1
17,236 Ghana1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
16,073 Latvia1
2,935 Madagascar1
2,040 Mali1
6,820 Angola1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
2,673 Guyana36
67,388 Australia26
435,402 India19
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
58,064 Canada52
Countries with hundreds of Ignace:
6,998 Tanzania705
16,247 France588
101,624 United States221
14,304 Belgium126
Countries with thousands of Ignace:
1,077 Rwanda1,473
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Comments

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Nickie Burges
Ignace is a baptism name and patronymic represents Latin Ignatius, approaching fire ignis Latin.

Ignace Namesakes

  • Paul Ignace Blaze Staniszewski, Judge
  • Jacques Ignace Hittorff, Architect
  • Antoine Ignace Melling, Artist
  • Claude Ignace Rouget, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle's father
  • Alvin Ignace Thomas, Author
  • Antoine Ignace Melling, Artist
  • Jacques Ignace Hittorff, Architect
  • Jacques Ignace Hittorff, Architect

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