Igbafe Surname
Approximately 714 people bear this surname
Igbafe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 689 | 1:257,101 | 14,805 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Igbafe (61) may also be a first name.
Igbafe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igbafe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Igbafe is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Igbafe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Igbafe is the 470,273rd most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,206,647 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Igbafe live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 61 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 689 people, or 1 in 257,101. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Edo, where 36 percent live, Lagos, where 22 percent live and Kano, where 7 percent live. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Igbafeh | 92 | 2 | / |
| Igbaife | 92 | 2 | / |
| Igbaf | 91 | 3 | / |
| Aigbafie | 86 | 1 | / |
| Igbafa | 83 | 175 | / |
| Jigbojafe | 80 | 38 | / |
| Igbaafa | 77 | 26 | / |
| Igbaifa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Aigbofe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igbefei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igbaw | 73 | 4 | / |
| Egbefe | 67 | 33 | / |
| Igbowa | 67 | 27 | / |
| Egbofe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egbeife | 62 | 11 | / |
| Aigbofa | 62 | 4 | / |
| Aigbowa | 62 | 1 | / |
| Egbaifa | 62 | 1 | / |
| Igbovowa | 57 | 1 | / |
| Egbaw | 55 | 10 | / |
| Egbab | 55 | 1 | / |
| Igbow | 55 | 1 | / |
| Ugbofi | 50 | 13 | / |
| Igbowh | 50 | 1 | / |
| Aigbov | 50 | 1 | / |
| Ikuafi | 50 | 1 | / |
| Eigbob | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Igbafe
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