Igwume Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Igwume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Igwume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igwume Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Igwume is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Igwume click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Igwume? popularity and diffusion
The surname Igwume is the 2,944,094th most widespread family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The surname Igwume is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Igwume live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Igwume is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 4,542,122. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Enugu, where 100 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Igwume occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 7 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ikwume | 83 | 32 | / |
| Egwume | 83 | 9 | / |
| Igwuma | 83 | 7 | / |
| Igwumi | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ikwueme | 77 | 450 | / |
| Ugwueme | 77 | 133 | / |
| Egwueme | 77 | 13 | / |
| Igweuma | 77 | 4 | / |
| Eigwuma | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ikwumeu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Egwumea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ugwumea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igwuemi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikweume | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikwoume | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igwumma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igbum | 73 | 178 | / |
| Igwom | 73 | 35 | / |
| Ikwum | 73 | 32 | / |
| Egwum | 73 | 16 | / |
| Aigbumeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikwuemeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekgwueme | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eikwueme | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egwuma | 67 | 1,094 | / |
| Ekwume | 67 | 119 | / |
| Ikwome | 67 | 63 | / |
| Egwoum | 67 | 33 | / |
| Ikwuma | 67 | 28 | / |
| Egwuim | 67 | 27 | / |
| Egwumi | 67 | 22 | / |
| Aigbum | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ukwume | 67 | 9 | / |
| Iguoma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egbume | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ugwumehie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egwime | 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
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- 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 Igwume
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