Igbu Surname
Approximately 273 people bear this surname
Igbu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 262 | 1:676,117 | 31,456 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Igbu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igbu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Igbu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Igbu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Igbu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 956,400th most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 26,694,307 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Igbu reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 262 people, or 1 in 676,117. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 31 percent reside, Delta, where 16 percent reside and Cross River, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Igbus | 89 | 160 | / |
| Igbou | 89 | 21 | / |
| Igbud | 89 | 11 | / |
| Igbeu | 89 | 4 | / |
| Jigbu | 89 | 4 | / |
| Igbui | 89 | 3 | / |
| Gigbu | 89 | 3 | / |
| Oigbu | 89 | 2 | / |
| Igbut | 89 | 1 | / |
| Aigbu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Higbu | 89 | 0 | / |
| Igbauu | 80 | 9 | / |
| Igbahu | 80 | 7 | / |
| Aigbuz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Igbuud | 80 | 1 | / |
| Jingbu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yigbeu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Igbuth | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hingbu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Egbu | 75 | 4,568 | / |
| Ugbu | 75 | 888 | / |
| Igwu | 75 | 496 | / |
| Igvu | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ehiegbu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ahiegbu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Engbu | 67 | 706 | / |
| Egbus | 67 | 193 | / |
| Egbau | 67 | 130 | / |
| Egbou | 67 | 63 | / |
| Igwau | 67 | 28 | / |
| Igboe | 67 | 27 | / |
| Iegwu | 67 | 21 | / |
| Eegbu | 67 | 16 | / |
| Egbuh | 67 | 15 | / |
| Igboo | 67 | 11 | / |
| Uegbu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ugbau | 67 | 8 | / |
| Oigwu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Egbui | 67 | 4 | / |
| Uigwu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ikgwu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ajgbu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Esgbu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ugbuh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Iogwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iggwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aigwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ugbuu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igweu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iguau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egbeu | 67 | 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 Igbu
- 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