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 is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ighekpe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,048,281st most widely held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 30,491,824 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Ighekpe are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 228 people, or 1 in 776,942. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Edo, where 61 percent reside, Lagos, where 17 percent reside and Kaduna, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.
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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