Ikenwe Surname
Approximately 402 people bear this surname
Ikenwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 394 | 1:449,601 | 22,976 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ikenwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ikenwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ikenwe is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikenwe? popularity and diffusion
Ikenwe is the 723,769th most numerous family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 18,128,224 people. The surname Ikenwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ikenwe reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 394 people, or 1 in 449,601. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 43 percent are found, Lagos, where 28 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 10 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Ikenwe
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