Erikigwe Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Erikigwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 64 | 1:2,767,856 | 88,308 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Erikigwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Erikigwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Erikigwe occurs most in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Erikigwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,372,517th most common family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Erikigwe live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 64 people, or 1 in 2,767,856. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Enugu, where 38 percent are found, Abia, where 17 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 11 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 2 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Erikigwe
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