Ikenye Surname

286,665th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,340 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Kenya

Ikenye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ikenye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7351:241,01113,988
Kenya4521:102,1688,905
DR Congo1301:568,30443,658
England111:5,065,278148,650
United States71:51,779,848968,877
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Ikenye (71) may also be a first name.

Ikenye Last Name Facts

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

Ikenye is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ikenye? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 286,665th most widespread surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 5,438,467 people. The surname Ikenye is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ikenye are found; 55 percent are found in West Africa and 55 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ikenye is also the 1,152,838th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 71 people.

Ikenye is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 735 people, or 1 in 241,011. In Nigeria Ikenye is most prevalent in: Delta, where 54 percent reside, Lagos, where 21 percent reside and Edo, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Ikenye is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 34 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside.

Ikenye Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Ikenye surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (97%) in Nigeria.

Ikenye earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 22.25% less than the national average, earning $33,550 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gikenye927/
Ikenyie921/
Ikeinye921/
Ikeanye921/
Ikenouye86135/
Ikienoye861/
Ikenge831,038/
Ekenye83144/
Ikenje835/
Ikenae834/
Ikinye832/
Ikenea832/
Ikenee831/
Ikenoue772,911/
Ikeinge7782/
Ikenoya7717/
Ikeneje7712/
Ikenayo774/
Aikenge774/
Ekeanye772/
Ikeneyi772/
Ikhenoe771/
Ikionye771/
Ikinaye771/
Ikeanayo714/
Aikinoye711/
Ekenge67327/
Ikenhi6796/
Ikenji6748/
Ekinye678/
Ekenie675/
Ekenue674/
Ikenja673/
Ekenae671/
Ekeney671/
Ikinee671/
Icenge671/
Eikeanoie671/
Icenie671/
Ikinay671/
Ikiney671/
Ekenei671/
Ekenje671/

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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 Ikenye
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