Ifekoya Surname

490,085th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 676 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ifekoya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ifekoya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6571:269,62415,370
United States111:32,950,812797,015
England61:9,286,343223,652
Iceland11:380,09011,096
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Ifekoya (34) may also be a first name.

Ifekoya Last Name Facts

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

Ifekoya occurs most in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ifekoya? popularity and diffusion

Ifekoya is the 490,085th most frequently held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 10,780,393 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ifekoya reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ifekoya is also the 1,775,424th most common first name in the world, borne by 34 people.

This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 657 people, or 1 in 269,624. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 41 percent reside, Ogun, where 40 percent reside and Oyo, where 7 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Ifekoya Last Name Statistics demography

Ifekoya earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 54.59% less than the national average, earning $19,594 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ifakoya8615/
Ifekoye867/
Ifekaya862/
Ifekoyo861/
Efekoya861/
Ifekou779/
Ifekija713/
Eifekou711/
Ifekayo711/
Efekeya711/
Efekohia671/
Efesskaya636/
Efekea621/
Ifekee621/
Efekaye5711/
Ifakeye5710/
Ifakujo571/

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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 Ifekoya
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