Ikanyi Surname
Approximately 210 people bear this surname
Ikanyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 143 | 1:1,238,761 | 49,638 |
| Uganda | 35 | 1:1,115,408 | 46,348 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
Ikanyi (24) may also be a first name.
Ikanyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ikanyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ikanyi is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ikanyi.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikanyi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,144,405th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 34,702,600 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ikanyi reside; 68 percent reside in West Africa and 68 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ikanyi is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly used first name in the world, held by 24 people.
The last name Ikanyi is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 143 people, or 1 in 1,238,761. In Nigeria Ikanyi is mostly found in: Benue, where 51 percent are found, Kaduna, where 18 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Ikanyi is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 17 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 13 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 Ikanyi
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