Ikep Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Ikep Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ikep Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria171:10,420,162203,261
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Ikep (14) may also be a first name.

Ikep Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ikep is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ikep? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,323,005th most commonly used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 49 percent of Ikep live; 49 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 14 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria Ikep is most common in: Cross River, where 65 percent are found, Akwa Ibom, where 24 percent are found and Edo, where 6 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 26 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 23 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ikepe8925/
Eikep8915/
Jikep892/
Ieckep801/
Ekep75400/
Ikip7555/
Icep7514/
Ukep755/
Ikeb754/
Heikepe7313/
Ikipe67345/
Ekepe6743/
Ikeev6728/
Iskip6720/
Aikip6710/
Ikeib673/
Hikeb671/
Iqeps671/
Hekep671/
Ikype671/
Igkeb671/
Yokep671/
Iceph670/

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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 Ikep
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