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 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 Ijekeye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,136,387th most frequently held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ijekeye reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 76 people, or 1 in 2,330,826. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 70 percent are found, Lagos, where 13 percent are found and Abia, where 4 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name exists 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
- 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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