Igbeng Surname
Approximately 183 people bear this surname
Igbeng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 182 | 1:973,312 | 41,407 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Igbeng (15) may also be a first name.
Igbeng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igbeng Come From? nationality or country of origin
Igbeng is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Igbeng click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Igbeng? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,257,535th most common surname globally It is held by around 1 in 39,822,655 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Igbeng live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Igbeng is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 15 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 182 people, or 1 in 973,312. In Nigeria it is most common in: Cross River, where 82 percent reside, Lagos, where 12 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Igben | 91 | 3,852 | / |
| Egbeng | 83 | 108 | / |
| Igweng | 83 | 49 | / |
| Ugbeng | 83 | 12 | / |
| Igbeen | 83 | 3 | / |
| Jigben | 83 | 2 | / |
| Igboen | 83 | 1 | / |
| Higben | 83 | 1 | / |
| Igbn | 80 | 2 | / |
| Igbehen | 77 | 108 | / |
| Highben | 77 | 28 | / |
| Jingben | 77 | 12 | / |
| Igbenke | 77 | 4 | / |
| Yingben | 77 | 1 | / |
| Egbeung | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igbin | 73 | 213 | / |
| Egben | 73 | 98 | / |
| Igbem | 73 | 15 | / |
| Igbne | 73 | 4 | / |
| Igbenova | 71 | 9 | / |
| Yingbing | 71 | 6 | / |
| Jingbing | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ikweng | 67 | 85 | / |
| Igbina | 67 | 14 | / |
| Igbion | 67 | 13 | / |
| Egweng | 67 | 11 | / |
| Egueng | 67 | 4 | / |
| Egbent | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jigbin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Engben | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aigbem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egbeen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ingbin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egbend | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Igbeng
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis