Ijekeye Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Ijekeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 76 | 1:2,330,826 | 78,393 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Ijekeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ijekeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ijekeye is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ijekeye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ijekeye is the 2,136,387th most numerous family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ijekeye reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 76 people, or 1 in 2,330,826. In Nigeria Ijekeye is primarily found in: Delta, where 70 percent are found, Lagos, where 13 percent are found and Abia, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 3 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
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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 Ijekeye
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