Iheji Surname
Approximately 428 people bear this surname
Iheji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 427 | 1:414,854 | 21,592 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Iheji (27) may also be a first name.
Iheji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iheji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Iheji is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iheji? popularity and diffusion
The surname Iheji is the 691,116th most frequent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 17,026,976 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Iheji are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently held forename in the world, held by 27 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 427 people, or 1 in 414,854. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Abia, where 35 percent are found, Enugu, where 22 percent are found and Niger, where 9 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Iheji
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