Ikeje Surname
Approximately 244 people bear this surname
Ikeje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 242 | 1:731,995 | 33,424 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Ikeje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ikeje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ikeje is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikeje? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,032,007th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,866,991 people. The last name Ikeje is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ikeje live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 242 people, or 1 in 731,995. In Nigeria Ikeje is primarily concentrated in: Edo, where 29 percent live, Enugu, where 18 percent live and Lagos, where 14 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live.
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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 Ikeje
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