Ikonwa Surname

707,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 415 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Ikonwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ikonwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4111:431,00422,235
England31:18,572,686338,250
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Ikonwa (18) may also be a first name.

Ikonwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ikonwa is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ikonwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 707,442nd most commonly occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 17,560,352 people. Ikonwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ikonwa reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ikonwa is also the 2,608,198th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 18 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 411 people, or 1 in 431,004. In Nigeria Ikonwa is most common in: Rivers, where 97 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 1 percent reside and Abia, where 1 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aikonwa921/
Ikonnwa921/
Ukonwa83245/
Ekonwa837/
Ikunwa833/
Ikonwe833/
Ikanwa832/
Ikonwi831/
Ikonwo831/
Ikoinua7716/
Ikonwot774/
Ukoinwa771/
Ikomwai771/
Ikhenwa771/
Ukounwa771/
Yokonwa771/
Gikonwo771/
Hikanwat714/
Ukanwa671,765/
Ekanwa6721/
Ekunwa672/
Ukonwo672/
Ukonua671/
Ekonwe671/
Ikunwe671/
Ikamwa671/
Ikonbi671/
Ikunwo671/

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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 Ikonwa
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