Ihekwereme Surname

891,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 301 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ihekwereme Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ihekwereme Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2821:628,16629,753
England141:3,979,861125,553
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614

Ihekwereme (11) may also be a first name.

Ihekwereme Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ihekwereme is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ihekwereme.

How Common Is The Last Name Ihekwereme? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 891,661st most widespread surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 24,211,116 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Ihekwereme live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held given name at a global level. It is borne by 11 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 282 people, or 1 in 628,166. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Abia, where 54 percent are found, Lagos, where 20 percent are found and Cross River, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Ihekwereme is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 2 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 Ihekwereme
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