Ighovie Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Ighovie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Ighovie (16) may also be a first name.
Ighovie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ighovie Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ighovie is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Ighovie click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ighovie? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,274,477th most prevalent surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ighovie live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ighovie is also the 2,786,762nd most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 16 people.
The surname Ighovie is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 5,061,222. In Nigeria Ighovie is most common in: Delta, where 91 percent are found, Enugu, where 3 percent are found and Lagos, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Ireland, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ighove | 92 | 14 | / |
| Igove | 83 | 3 | / |
| Eghove | 77 | 223 | / |
| Ighave | 77 | 163 | / |
| Ighobe | 77 | 16 | / |
| Ingove | 77 | 6 | / |
| Aigove | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ughove | 77 | 2 | / |
| Aigovi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igahve | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igobie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ighovehya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Igovich | 71 | 12 | / |
| Eghoveh | 71 | 12 | / |
| Ighabie | 71 | 9 | / |
| Inghave | 71 | 5 | / |
| Ighaver | 71 | 4 | / |
| Gaigove | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ighowhi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Isgoove | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ighoubi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ighavai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Igave | 67 | 570 | / |
| Igobe | 67 | 66 | / |
| Egove | 67 | 62 | / |
| Igowe | 67 | 48 | / |
| Igobi | 67 | 44 | / |
| Igeve | 67 | 6 | / |
| Igavi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Egovi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Igevi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Highower | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ighowoyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ighovoja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ighobayi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jigabhoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aighobhi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ughoivhe | 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 Ighovie
- 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