Ifenkwe Surname

347,450th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,052 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ifenkwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ifenkwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,0421:170,00310,538
England71:7,959,723202,100
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ifenkwe (53) may also be a first name.

Ifenkwe Last Name Facts

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

Ifenkwe is found most in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ifenkwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 347,450th most commonly held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 6,927,325 people. The surname Ifenkwe is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ifenkwe are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 53 people.

The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,042 people, or 1 in 170,003. In Nigeria Ifenkwe is most common in: Abia, where 51 percent are found, Lagos, where 20 percent are found and Enugu, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and Scotland, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ifienkwe931/
Ifemkwe8616/
Efenkwe862/
Ifengwe861/
Ifenkwa861/
Ufengwe711/
Ufengwei67138/
Efengue57101/
Efengbe5725/
Efengwa572/
Ufengwi571/
Ufingwe571/
Effengue53148/

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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 Ifenkwe
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