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
The last name Ijekeye is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ijekeye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ijekeye is the 2,136,387th most commonly used family name globally, borne by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ijekeye reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Ijekeye is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 76 people, or 1 in 2,330,826. In Nigeria Ijekeye is mostly found in: Delta, where 70 percent live, Lagos, where 13 percent live and Abia, where 4 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also found in England, where 3 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 Ijekeye
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