Ighohwo Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Ighohwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 40 | 1:4,428,569 | 120,862 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ighohwo (234) may also be a first name.
Ighohwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ighohwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ighohwo occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ighohwo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,055,934th most frequent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name Ighohwo is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ighohwo reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ighohwo is also the 585,759th most frequently occurring given name worldwide, held by 234 people.
The surname Ighohwo is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 4,428,569. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 80 percent live, Lagos, where 13 percent live and Gombe, where 3 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Igohwo | 92 | 4 | / |
| Ighowo | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ighowho | 86 | 94 | / |
| Ighahwo | 86 | 3 | / |
| Igowo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ighoowho | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ighuovho | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ighouvho | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ighovo | 77 | 137 | / |
| Ighawo | 77 | 20 | / |
| Ighewo | 77 | 20 | / |
| Oigowo | 77 | 11 | / |
| Egohwo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igouwou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eghowho | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yingowo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ighoubah | 67 | 222 | / |
| Igobo | 67 | 191 | / |
| Igawo | 67 | 67 | / |
| Ugowo | 67 | 18 | / |
| Igowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igovo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igewo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ighoubàh | 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 Ighohwo
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