Ihechi Surname
Approximately 321 people bear this surname
Ihechi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 318 | 1:557,053 | 27,115 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Ihechi (3,247) may also be a first name.
Ihechi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ihechi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ihechi occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ihechi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ihechi? popularity and diffusion
Ihechi is the 851,613th most frequently used last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 22,702,635 people. Ihechi is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ihechi live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 125,763rd most frequently occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 3,247 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 318 people, or 1 in 557,053. In Nigeria Ihechi is primarily concentrated in: Abia, where 57 percent reside, Rivers, where 18 percent reside and Lagos, where 7 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Ihechi
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