Iheakanwa Surname

1,041,601st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 241 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Iheakanwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Iheakanwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2361:750,60534,037
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Iheakanwa (18) may also be a first name.

Iheakanwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Iheakanwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Iheakanwa is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Iheakanwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Iheakanwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,041,601st most prevalent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 30,238,780 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Iheakanwa live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequent first name in the world, held by 18 people.

This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 236 people, or 1 in 750,605. In Nigeria Iheakanwa is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 19 percent reside, Delta, where 18 percent reside and Rivers, where 13 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iheakanwah957/
Ihieakanwa953/
Ihekanwa9423/
Ihakanwa941/
Jiakanwa822/
Ueakhanwa7830/
Giaikanwa781/
Ekeanwa751/
Ehikanwa711/
Ekonwa677/
Yeakanuah676/
Ekanua671/
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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 Iheakanwa
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