Ikawe Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Ikawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
Ikawe (18) may also be a first name.
Ikawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ikawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ikawe is found most in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikawe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,798,600th most frequently held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Ikawe is predominantly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Ikawe reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ikawe is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring given name in the world, held by 18 people.
The last name Ikawe is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 8,857,138. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Adamawa, where 60 percent are found, Niger, where 30 percent are found and Kaduna, where 5 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent are found and Niger, where 7 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 Ikawe
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