Ihegbu Surname
Approximately 298 people bear this surname
Ihegbu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 284 | 1:623,742 | 29,581 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Ihegbu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ihegbu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ihegbu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ihegbu.
How Common Is The Last Name Ihegbu? popularity and diffusion
Ihegbu is the 897,852nd most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 24,454,852 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ihegbu live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 284 people, or 1 in 623,742. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Abia, where 23 percent are found, Lagos, where 13 percent are found and Plateau, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent are found and Scotland, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ihiegbu | 92 | 7 | / |
| Iheugbu | 92 | 3 | / |
| Iheegbu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Iheagbu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Uhegbu | 83 | 1,168 | / |
| Ihegwu | 83 | 21 | / |
| Ijegbu | 83 | 11 | / |
| Ehegbu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ioegbu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Egbu | 80 | 4,568 | / |
| Ajiegbu | 77 | 213 | / |
| Ejiegbu | 77 | 170 | / |
| Iheagwu | 77 | 81 | / |
| Ojiegbu | 77 | 79 | / |
| Ahaegbu | 77 | 41 | / |
| Ehiegbu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ijiegbu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Iheugwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oyiegbu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ujhegbu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Egbau | 73 | 130 | / |
| Egbou | 73 | 63 | / |
| Jegbu | 73 | 22 | / |
| Iegwu | 73 | 21 | / |
| Egbuh | 73 | 15 | / |
| Egbui | 73 | 4 | / |
| Yegbu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Egbeu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gajiegbu | 71 | 3 | / |
| Iheagwau | 71 | 2 | / |
| Aiyegbus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ijegwu | 67 | 86 | / |
| Ihekwu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Uuegbu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gengbu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aaegbu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ehegwu | 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 Ihegbu
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