Ikele Surname
Approximately 1,916 people bear this surname
Ikele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,344 | 1:131,803 | 8,554 |
| DR Congo | 540 | 1:136,814 | 14,550 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
The alternate forms: Ikélé (1) are calculated separately.
Ikele (192) may also be a first name.
Ikele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ikele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ikele (Marathi: ईकेले) occurs most in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant: Ikélé. For other potential spellings of Ikele click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikele? popularity and diffusion
Ikele is the 214,639th most common surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 3,803,521 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ikele reside; 70 percent reside in West Africa and 70 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ikele is also the 655,603rd most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 192 people.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,344 people, or 1 in 131,803. In Nigeria Ikele is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 62 percent live, Enugu, where 5 percent live and Bayelsa, where 5 percent live. Besides Nigeria Ikele exists in 14 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 28 percent live and Switzerland, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ikele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ikele in the Marathi language | ||
| ईकेले | ikele | - |
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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 Ikele
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