Igbekele Surname

166,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,598 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Igbekele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Igbekele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,5681:68,9815,009
England221:2,532,63991,802
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Igbekele (3,699) may also be a first name.

Igbekele Last Name Facts

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

Igbekele is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Igbekele.

How Common Is The Last Name Igbekele? popularity and diffusion

It is the 166,570th most numerous surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,805,060 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Igbekele live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 115,957th most common first name globally It is held by 3,699 people.

Igbekele is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,568 people, or 1 in 68,981. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ondo, where 59 percent live, Lagos, where 14 percent live and Ogun, where 6 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

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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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  • 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 Igbekele
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