Igbonekwu Surname

233,088th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,731 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Igbonekwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Igbonekwu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,7271:102,5736,932
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Igbonekwu (67) may also be a first name.

Igbonekwu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Igbonekwu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Igbonekwu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 233,088th most widespread last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 4,210,021 people. The surname Igbonekwu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Igbonekwu live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Igbonekwu is also the 1,191,548th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 67 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,727 people, or 1 in 102,573. In Nigeria it is most common in: Enugu, where 51 percent reside, Lagos, where 11 percent reside and Delta, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Igbonaekwu9516/
Igboneckwu951/
Igboneikwu951/
Igbonekweu951/
Egbonekwu8912/
Igbonakwu897/
Igbonokwu896/
Igbenekwu894/
Igbanekwu894/
Egbonaekwu841/
Egbonogwu672/
Igbanagwu671/
Igbenigwu671/

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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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  • 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 Igbonekwu
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