Ihejirika Surname

31,294th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,065 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ihejirika Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ihejirika Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria16,4661:10,7581,125
Ghana4851:55,7135,980
United States571:6,358,929302,882
England151:3,714,537119,675
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Iceland71:54,2993,881
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Ihejirika (191) may also be a first name.

Ihejirika Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ihejirika is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ihejirika? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 31,294th most commonly used family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 427,046 people. The surname Ihejirika occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ihejirika reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 657,437th most widespread first name globally, borne by 191 people.

The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 16,466 people, or 1 in 10,758. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Imo, where 58 percent live, Abia, where 11 percent live and Anambra, where 7 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Ihejirika Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Ihejirika last name is primarily Christian (99%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Ihejirika surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Ihejirika earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 90.29% less than the national average, earning R 23,076 per year; in United States they earn 2.9% more than the national average, earning $44,401 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.51% more than the national average, earning $55,900 CAD per year.

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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 Ihejirika
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