Ikeke Surname

267,807th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,458 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Ikeke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ikeke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7811:226,81513,319
DR Congo6571:112,45012,366
Congo51:997,81917,129
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Ikeke (163) may also be a first name.

Ikeke Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ikeke is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ikeke? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 267,807th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 4,998,317 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ikeke reside; 54 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ikeke is also the 717,791st most frequent given name on earth, borne by 163 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 781 people, or 1 in 226,815. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 33 percent are found, Edo, where 21 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 20 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 45 percent are found and The Congo, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Ikeker919/
Jikeke914/
Ikeake914/
Ikeeke913/
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Ikek8924/
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Ikeykey831/
Ikiekie831/
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Ekeke8010,958/
Ikeka80537/
Ukeke80381/
Ikake80115/
Ikoke80108/
Ikeki8030/
Iceke8010/
Jikek803/
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Ikece801/
Jikeka73459/
Ikeaka73138/
Ukaeke7351/
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Ikekha7324/
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Hikake7320/
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Hikeka734/
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Ekieke733/
Ekekee732/
Eikiek731/
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Idkedk731/
Ekeket731/
Ekkeke731/
Yikeka731/
Ukekie731/
Ikieka731/
Aikake731/
Hickek731/
Iskeki731/
Ekek6788/
Icek6769/
Ikik6743/
Ikekhai6726/
Ikeg675/
Haikeka674/
Ikeechi673/
Ikjk672/
Ekeg672/
Edkeker672/
Ekec672/
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Eicheke671/
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Ikeq671/
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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 Ikeke
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