Ike Forename
10,970th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 92,149 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Ghana
Ike Forename User-submission:
The name Ikechukwu means 'the power of God' in the Igbo language. It derives from the words ike, meaning 'power', and chukwu, meaning 'God'. Ike is a diminutive form of this name. It originated from Southeastern Nigeria or Biafra.
Ike Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 99% | 38,459 | 1:6,707 | 884 |
| Nigeria | 92% | 23,416 | 1:7,583 | 1,094 |
| Ghana | 100% | 10,057 | 1:2,683 | 421 |
| United States | 100% | 9,892 | 1:36,650 | 2,324 |
| Philippines | 99% | 3,438 | 1:30,835 | 2,702 |
| Albania | 100% | 938 | 1:3,248 | 680 |
| Canada | 100% | 821 | 1:40,357 | 2,883 |
| Netherlands | 93% | 691 | 1:24,460 | 2,177 |
| England | 99% | 591 | 1:94,083 | 3,653 |
| South Africa | 99% | 545 | 1:100,060 | 8,099 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 525 | 1:58,691 | 6,867 |
| Gabon | 100% | 361 | 1:5,217 | 1,029 |
| Kenya | - | 343 | 1:135,006 | 6,357 |
| India | 70% | 158 | 1:7,689,101 | 253,462 |
| DR Congo | 89% | 157 | 1:470,240 | 16,785 |
| Suriname | 100% | 132 | 1:4,188 | 917 |
| New Zealand | - | 110 | 1:41,237 | 2,432 |
| Germany | 89% | 109 | 1:886,953 | 7,330 |
| Swaziland | - | 103 | 1:12,623 | 1,554 |
| Japan | - | 102 | 1:1,254,765 | 16,430 |
| Brazil | 100% | 84 | 1:2,550,430 | 49,725 |
| China | - | 69 | 1:19,797,910 | 60,352 |
| Peru | 98% | 64 | 1:496,741 | 8,877 |
| Malaysia | 85% | 62 | 1:491,128 | 21,602 |
| Papua New Guinea | 74% | 59 | 1:138,175 | 12,211 |
| Australia | - | 47 | 1:290,588 | 5,962 |
| Botswana | 100% | 47 | 1:46,478 | 4,592 |
| Belgium | 100% | 41 | 1:280,245 | 5,847 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Thailand | 73% | 33 | 1:2,123,206 | 57,616 |
| South Korea | - | 31 | 1:178,852 | 7,173 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 30 | 1:45,381 | 4,173 |
| Zambia | - | 26 | 1:609,800 | 12,796 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 24 | 1:26,441 | 1,698 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 24 | 1:990,403 | 38,270 |
| Benin | 100% | 23 | 1:459,819 | 15,743 |
| Zimbabwe | 89% | 22 | 1:701,083 | 28,034 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 20 | 1:2,733 | 523 |
| Qatar | 100% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 20 | 1:357,600 | 16,509 |
| Guam | - | 17 | 1:9,450 | 1,317 |
| Russia | 50% | 17 | 1:8,484,336 | 34,226 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 16 | 1:1,148,717 | 30,311 |
| Liberia | 100% | 14 | 1:315,147 | 9,860 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 14 | 1:149,340 | 5,691 |
| Sweden | 100% | 14 | 1:704,136 | 15,982 |
| Iceland | - | 13 | 1:28,155 | 1,788 |
| Tanzania | 80% | 13 | 1:4,060,640 | 25,595 |
| Niger | 71% | 11 | 1:1,743,999 | 22,373 |
| Singapore | - | 11 | 1:571,550 | 11,876 |
| Hong Kong | - | 10 | 1:775,272 | 5,181 |
| Mexico | 100% | 10 | 1:12,414,443 | 34,902 |
| Spain | - | 10 | 1:4,652,996 | 15,347 |
| Egypt | - | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Estonia | 100% | 9 | 1:146,153 | 5,307 |
| France | 100% | 9 | 1:7,385,593 | 25,788 |
| Italy | 63% | 9 | 1:6,784,677 | 26,090 |
| Poland | 50% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 9 | 1:12,398 | 1,723 |
| Scotland | 100% | 9 | 1:594,485 | 7,010 |
| Afghanistan | 89% | 8 | 1:4,077,940 | 25,891 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 8 | 1:1,026,687 | 12,013 |
| Uruguay | - | 8 | 1:428,455 | 5,529 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 8 | 1:3,775,237 | 55,178 |
| Cameroon | 67% | 7 | 1:3,087,215 | 57,282 |
| Guyana | - | 7 | 1:109,037 | 8,020 |
| Saint Lucia | 83% | 7 | 1:25,402 | 2,434 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Belize | 100% | 6 | 1:59,052 | 4,175 |
| Denmark | - | 6 | 1:941,583 | 11,543 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 6 | 1:9,144 | 1,176 |
| Senegal | 100% | 5 | 1:2,916,271 | 15,947 |
| Chile | 100% | 4 | 1:4,401,802 | 21,957 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| Finland | 67% | 4 | 1:1,370,796 | 11,464 |
| Greece | - | 4 | 1:2,733,637 | 12,935 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Malawi | 100% | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Norway | 100% | 4 | 1:1,283,082 | 16,224 |
| Turkey | 100% | 4 | 1:19,450,427 | 45,600 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Bolivia | - | 3 | 1:3,533,801 | 5,917 |
| Uganda | 100% | 3 | 1:13,652,307 | 74,436 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,321,760 | 8,894 |
| Argentina | 100% | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| Israel | 100% | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Lesotho | - | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Serbia | 100% | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Jordan | 71% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nepal | 100% | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Wales | - | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
The alternate forms: Ikê (2), Iké (2) & Ikè (1) are calculated separately.
Ike (118,158) may also be a surname.
Ike Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name Ikechukwu means 'the power of God' in the Igbo language. It derives from the words ike, meaning 'power', and chukwu, meaning 'God'. Ike is a diminutive form of this name. It originated from Southeastern Nigeria or Biafra.
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Sample size: 1,745 (2014)
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Ike Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ike in the Russian language | ||
| Ике | ike | - |
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