Ikosi Surname
Approximately 361 people bear this surname
Ikosi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 228 | 1:776,942 | 34,923 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Papua New Guinea | 58 | 1:140,581 | 19,337 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Ikosi (44) may also be a first name.
Ikosi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ikosi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ikosi is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Ikosi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikosi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ikosi is the 783,439th most frequently held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 20,187,108 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Ikosi reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,525,482nd most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 44 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 228 people, or 1 in 776,942. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Rivers, where 26 percent live, Edo, where 25 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 22 percent live. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 19 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent live.
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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 Ikosi
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