Igbei Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Igbei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 45 | 1:229,680 | 20,839 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
The alternate forms: Igbeï (1) are calculated separately.
Igbei (13) may also be a first name.
Igbei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igbei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Igbei is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Igbeï. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Igbei? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,333,370th most frequently used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Igbei reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Igbei is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 13 people.
This last name is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 229,680. In Benin Igbei is most common in: Donga Department, where 98 percent are found and Atakora Department, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Benin this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 31 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Igbei
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