Ibekwe Surname

11,870th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47,342 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ibekwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ibekwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria46,4611:3,813502
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
United States2711:1,337,48793,180
England1441:386,93126,993
South Africa301:1,805,92385,708
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Mozambique91:3,029,0632,946
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
United Arab Emirates71:1,308,89651,006
Iceland51:76,0184,442
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Ireland41:1,177,23516,494
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Ibekwe (1,176) may also be a first name.

Ibekwe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ibekwe Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ibekwe is found most in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ibekwe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 11,870th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 153,934 people. The last name Ibekwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ibekwe are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 231,499th most frequently used forename world-wide, borne by 1,176 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 46,461 people, or 1 in 3,813. In Nigeria Ibekwe is primarily found in: Imo, where 30 percent reside, Anambra, where 23 percent reside and Enugu, where 11 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 32 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Ibekwe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Ibekwe last name is primarily Christian (99%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Ibekwe last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Ibekwe earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 72.34% less than the national average, earning R 65,724 per year and in United States they earn 6.34% more than the national average, earning $45,885 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ibekwue9229/
Ibekweh9210/
Ibiekwe929/
Ibeekwe928/
Ibeakwe926/
Ibeckwe924/
Ibeikwe924/
Ibehkwe923/
Ibedkwe923/
Ibeukwe922/
Ibekwer921/
Ibekwee921/
Iboekwe921/
Eibekwe921/
Ibekcwe921/
Ibekwei921/
Ibekw917/
Haibekwe861/
Ebekwe83158/
Ibokwe8375/
Ibekwa8317/
Ibakwe8315/
Ibikwe8311/
Ibekue8311/
Ibegwe836/
Ubekwe836/
Ubaekwe7723/
Ibeagwe7714/
Ijbokwe771/
Ibakwue771/
Ibekgwi771/
Ubekwue771/
Ibeigwe771/
Ebiekwe771/
Ebekweh771/
Jibakwe771/
Ebekwa67110/
Ubokwe6781/
Ebekue6777/
Ubakwe6748/
Ibigwe6723/
Ibegwa6712/
Ibegbe678/
Ebokwe674/
Ebakwe673/
Ibegue672/
Ebegwe672/

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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
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  • 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 Ibekwe
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