Igwebe Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Igwebe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Igwebe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igwebe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Igwebe occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Igwebe? popularity and diffusion
Igwebe is the 3,274,477th most common last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 69 percent of Igwebe live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 7,085,710. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 32 percent are found, Abia, where 24 percent are found and Lagos, where 24 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 28 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Igwebge | 92 | 6 | / |
| Igweibe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Igwuebe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Igwebeh | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ikwebe | 83 | 940 | / |
| Ugwebe | 83 | 182 | / |
| Igbebe | 83 | 164 | / |
| Egwebe | 83 | 116 | / |
| Igwebi | 83 | 4 | / |
| Igwabe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Igweba | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ikwuebe | 77 | 75 | / |
| Ugwuebe | 77 | 13 | / |
| Igbebee | 77 | 7 | / |
| Igweebi | 77 | 7 | / |
| Egwuebe | 77 | 6 | / |
| Igwuibe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Iogwebi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ugweibe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igwebui | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikwabe | 67 | 1,910 | / |
| Egbebe | 67 | 120 | / |
| Ekwebe | 67 | 108 | / |
| Igbeve | 67 | 81 | / |
| Igwabi | 67 | 69 | / |
| Eguebe | 67 | 68 | / |
| Igbebi | 67 | 61 | / |
| Ikwobe | 67 | 29 | / |
| Ikweba | 67 | 16 | / |
| Iguibe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ukwebe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ugwabe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ugwobe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Egwibe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ugwibe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egweve | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egwebi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egwabe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikuebe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igwobi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikwibe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igwevi | 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 Igwebe
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