Ikegwuoha Surname

1,315,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 171 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ikegwuoha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ikegwuoha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1601:1,107,14245,738
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England21:27,859,030389,889
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Ikegwuoha Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ikegwuoha Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ikegwuoha has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ikegwuoha? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,315,412th most frequent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 42,617,228 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ikegwuoha are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Ikegwuoha is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 160 people, or 1 in 1,107,142. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 37 percent are found, Abia, where 19 percent are found and Plateau, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ikeagwuoha952/
Ikegwoha944/
Ikegwuha943/
Ikeguoha942/
Ikeaguoha893/
Ikegwaoha891/
Ikegbuoha891/
Ikegwooha891/
Ikeagwuaha844/
Ikegwa802/
Ikegwo802/
Ikegwuouu781/
Ikeagwo752/
Ikeagwa751/
Ikeigwa751/
Ikegbuo751/
Ikeugwa751/
Ikeagweu711/
Ikhegwae711/
Ikegwe6762/
Ikekwa6711/
Ikekua679/
Ikekwo673/
Ekegwo671/
Ikiguhaye671/
Ekeguo671/

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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 Ikegwuoha
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