Ighekpe Surname
Approximately 239 people bear this surname
Ighekpe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 228 | 1:776,942 | 34,923 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Ighekpe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ighekpe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ighekpe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ighekpe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,048,281st most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Ighekpe live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 228 people, or 1 in 776,942. In Nigeria Ighekpe is most common in: Edo, where 61 percent live, Lagos, where 17 percent live and Kaduna, where 5 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ighekpeh | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ighekpea | 93 | 1 | / |
| Egekpe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Iyekpe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Aiekpe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ejiekpe | 71 | 150 | / |
| Houekpe | 71 | 38 | / |
| Heikepe | 71 | 13 | / |
| Ogiekpe | 71 | 11 | / |
| Agiekpe | 71 | 9 | / |
| Egiekpe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gouekpe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ihiakpe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aikpe | 67 | 789 | / |
| Yekpe | 67 | 518 | / |
| Eikpe | 67 | 61 | / |
| Gayekpee | 67 | 17 | / |
| Aekpe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Aihoukpe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Eekpe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Uyiekpeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aigpe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eigpe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iheakpai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ejkpe | 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 Ighekpe
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