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 occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Igbafe? popularity and diffusion
Igbafe is the 470,273rd most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 10,206,647 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Igbafe are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Igbafe is also the 1,257,960th most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 61 people.
Igbafe is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 689 people, or 1 in 257,101. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Edo, where 36 percent live, Lagos, where 22 percent live and Kano, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs 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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