Ikegwuru Surname

897,852nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 298 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ikegwuru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ikegwuru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2941:602,52628,821
England41:13,929,515290,718

Ikegwuru (27) may also be a first name.

Ikegwuru Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ikegwuru has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ikegwuru? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 897,852nd most prevalent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 24,454,852 people. The surname Ikegwuru is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ikegwuru reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 27 people.

The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 294 people, or 1 in 602,526. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 92 percent are found, Enugu, where 3 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 1 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 1 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
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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 Ikegwuru
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