Ibelegbu Surname

635,252nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 480 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ibelegbu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ibelegbu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4721:375,30220,004
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Ibelegbu (11) may also be a first name.

Ibelegbu Last Name Facts

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

Ibelegbu is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ibelegbu.

How Common Is The Last Name Ibelegbu? popularity and diffusion

Ibelegbu is the 635,252nd most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 15,182,387 people. The last name Ibelegbu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ibelegbu live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ibelegbu is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 11 people.

This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 472 people, or 1 in 375,302. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Abia, where 58 percent live, Lagos, where 13 percent live and Enugu, where 8 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iblegbu933/
Ebelegbu884/
Obelegbu883/
Ibelgbue883/
Ibelegwu883/
Ibelegbo881/
Obelegbuo823/
Abelegbe7540/
Obelegbo7515/
Ibalagbu753/
Abelegbo751/
Ibalegbe751/
Abeolegbe711/
Aibalegbe711/
Ibiloigbu711/
Ebeligwu6328/
Ebeleukwu591/

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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 Ibelegbu
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