Ikemefuna Surname

245,548th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,621 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ikemefuna Surname User-submission:

This surname comes from the Igbo word ikefuna, which means 'strength shouldn't be lost'.

Ikemefuna Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,5581:113,6997,550
United States231:15,759,084542,937
England201:2,785,90397,972
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
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Ikemefuna (1,695) may also be a first name.

Ikemefuna Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from the Igbo word ikefuna, which means 'strength shouldn't be lost'.

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Ikemefuna Demographics

Average Ikemefuna Salary in
United States

$43,862 USD

Per year
Rank:
618,452 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
5.14303E-6
Rank: 632,510 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
101.65%
Sample size: 10 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Ikemefuna Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ikemefuna has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ikemefuna? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ikemefuna is the 245,548th most commonly used last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 4,495,710 people. The surname Ikemefuna occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Ikemefuna are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 186,744th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,695 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,558 people, or 1 in 113,699. In Nigeria Ikemefuna is most prevalent in: Enugu, where 33 percent live, Lagos, where 18 percent live and Delta, where 15 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Ikemefuna Last Name Statistics demography

Ikemefuna earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.65% more than the national average, earning $43,862 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Ikemeafuna952/
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Ikemefune89247/
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Ikemefona891/
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Ikemefunne841/
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  • 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 Ikemefuna
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