Igweaka Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Igweaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 59 | 1:3,002,420 | 93,371 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Igweaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igweaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Igweaka is most common in Nigeria. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Igweaka.
How Common Is The Last Name Igweaka? popularity and diffusion
The last name Igweaka is the 2,483,783rd most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Igweaka live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 59 people, or 1 in 3,002,420. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 37 percent live, Delta, where 27 percent live and Kaduna, where 14 percent live. Not including Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Igweka | 92 | 277 | / |
| Igwaka | 92 | 2 | / |
| Igweuka | 86 | 5 | / |
| Yigwaka | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ingwaka | 86 | 1 | / |
| Igwekai | 86 | 1 | / |
| Igwaakaa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ugwaka | 77 | 166 | / |
| Ikwaka | 77 | 57 | / |
| Egwaka | 77 | 22 | / |
| Igweke | 77 | 16 | / |
| Egweka | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ikweka | 77 | 2 | / |
| Igwika | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igueka | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ugweka | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jing'weka | 75 | 4 | / |
| Igweike | 71 | 250 | / |
| Egwuaka | 71 | 181 | / |
| Ugwuaka | 71 | 13 | / |
| Igbaaka | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ikwuaka | 71 | 4 | / |
| Aigbeka | 71 | 2 | / |
| Igwueke | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ugwueka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Igbeika | 71 | 1 | / |
| Igbauka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Igbakha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikweako | 71 | 1 | / |
| Igbaika | 71 | 1 | / |
| Igbeuka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Igweeke | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikweeka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikwakaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Igweyeke | 67 | 4 | / |
| Igboyaka | 67 | 3 | / |
| Igweuike | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aigbekai | 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 Igweaka
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