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 |
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
201,317
England2
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3,478
Haiti2
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11,224
Cameroon2
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5,859
Mauritius2
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960
Saint Lucia2
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23,434
Burkina Faso1
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30,360
Thailand1
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4,435
Togo1
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13,606
Senegal1
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3,214
Niger1
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6,033
Benin1
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1,253
Burundi1
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613
Central African Republic1
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2,505
Congo1
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2,232
French Polynesia1
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17,236
Ghana1
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9,926
Ivory Coast1
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16,073
Latvia1
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2,935
Madagascar1
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2,040
Mali1
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6,820
Angola1
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Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
2,673
Guyana36
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67,388
Australia26
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435,402
India19
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Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
58,064
Canada52
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Countries with hundreds of Ignace:
6,998
Tanzania705
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16,247
France588
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101,624
United States221
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14,304
Belgium126
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Countries with thousands of Ignace:
1,077
Rwanda1,473
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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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