Ighobue Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ighobue Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ighobue Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria851:2,084,03272,421
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ighobue Last Name Facts

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

Ighobue is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ighobue? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,020,555th most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ighobue are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Ighobue is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 2,084,032. In Nigeria Ighobue is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 38 percent live, Lagos, where 32 percent live and Edo, where 15 percent live. Besides Nigeria Ighobue occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Egobue771/
Igobbe771/
Igobwe771/
Igobie771/
Igoboye71103/
Ighabie719/
Eghoboe712/
Ighoboja6717/
Ighoywbi675/
Ighobayi671/
Ighoboya671/
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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 Ighobue
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