Ikeka Surname
Approximately 537 people bear this surname
Ikeka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 350 | 1:506,122 | 25,182 |
| DR Congo | 185 | 1:399,349 | 33,942 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ikeka (20) may also be a first name.
Ikeka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ikeka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ikeka is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ikeka.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikeka? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ikeka is the 583,527th most frequent family name on earth, held by around 1 in 13,570,849 people. Ikeka is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ikeka live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ikeka is also the 2,446,817th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 20 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 350 people, or 1 in 506,122. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Rivers, where 42 percent reside, Enugu, where 18 percent reside and Abia, where 17 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 34 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Ikeka
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