Ihyembe Surname
Approximately 317 people bear this surname
Ihyembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 305 | 1:580,796 | 28,045 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ihyembe (20) may also be a first name.
Ihyembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ihyembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ihyembe is found most in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ihyembe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 858,879th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 22,989,104 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ihyembe reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most common first name throughout the world It is held by 20 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 305 people, or 1 in 580,796. In Nigeria Ihyembe is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 96 percent live, Nasarawa, where 2 percent live and Ondo, where 1 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Ihyembe occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent live and Hungary, where 0 percent live.
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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 Ihyembe
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