Ijeke Surname
Approximately 120 people bear this surname
Ijeke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 119 | 1:1,488,595 | 56,907 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ijeke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ijeke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ijeke is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ijeke? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,658,108th most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ijeke reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Ijeke is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 119 people, or 1 in 1,488,595. In Nigeria Ijeke is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 53 percent are found, Kogi, where 14 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 11 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Ijeke exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 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 Ijeke
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