Ikowa Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Ikowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 136 | 1:1,302,520 | 51,596 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Ikowa (35) may also be a first name.
Ikowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ikowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ikowa is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikowa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,465,390th most commonly held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. The last name Ikowa is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ikowa live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ikowa is also the 1,744,716th most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 35 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 136 people, or 1 in 1,302,520. In Nigeria Ikowa is mostly concentrated in: Enugu, where 39 percent live, Rivers, where 20 percent live and Edo, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent live and Uganda, where 1 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 Ikowa
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