Personal name in Igbo Culture: A dataset on randomly selected personal names and their statistical analysis

Hilary I Okagbue; Abiodun A Opanuga; Muminu O Adamu; Paulinus O Ugwoke; Emmanuela C M Obasi; Grace A Eze

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2017.08.045

Personal name in Igbo Culture: A dataset on randomly selected personal names and their statistical analysis

Data Brief. 2017 Sep 1:15:72-80. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2017.08.045. eCollection 2017 Dec.

Authors

Hilary I Okagbue¹, Abiodun A Opanuga¹, Muminu O Adamu^{1

2}, Paulinus O Ugwoke^{3

4}, Emmanuela C M Obasi⁵, Grace A Eze^{1

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Mathematics, Covenant University, Canaanland, Ota, Nigeria.
² Department of Mathematics, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeia.
³ Department of Computer Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.
⁴ Digital Bridge Institute, International Centre for Information & Communications Technology Studies, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁵ Computer Science and Informatics Prograamme, Department of Mathematics, Computing & Physical Sciences, Federal University Otuoke, Otuoke, Nigeria.
⁶ African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cameroon.

Abstract

This data article contains the statistical analysis of Igbo personal names and a sample of randomly selected of such names. This was presented as the following: 1). A simple random sampling of some Igbo personal names and their respective gender associated with each name. 2). The distribution of the vowels, consonants and letters of alphabets of the personal names. 3). The distribution of name length. 4). The distribution of initial and terminal letters of Igbo personal names. The significance of the data was discussed.

Keywords: Distribution; Igbo name; Linguistics; Onomastics; Personal name; Statistics.