Ibelema Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ibelema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ibelema Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria811:2,186,94874,923
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Ibelema (252) may also be a first name.

Ibelema Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ibelema is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ibelema click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ibelema? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ibelema is the 2,047,559th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Ibelema live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 561,423rd most frequently used given name worldwide, held by 252 people.

The surname Ibelema is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 81 people, or 1 in 2,186,948. In Nigeria Ibelema is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 98 percent reside and Akwa Ibom, where 1 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Ibelema is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ibeleima934/
Ibeleme86594/
Ebelema8631/
Ibelima867/
Ibeloma864/
Ibgelemou751/
Ebeleme71140/
Ibiloma7171/
Ibileme7157/
Ibolama7148/
Ibelamo7118/
Ebelima7113/
Ebeloma719/
Ebilema714/
Ibilama713/
Ibalama712/
Iwelima712/
Ebelemi711/
Ebelemo711/
Ubalema711/
Aibolama6721/
Ebielemi6713/
Ebheleme671/
Ibaloima671/
Ibalimay671/
Ebelioma671/

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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 Ibelema
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