Ikpeke Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Ikpeke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Ikpeke (15) may also be a first name.
Ikpeke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ikpeke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ikpeke is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikpeke? popularity and diffusion
Ikpeke is the 3,730,171st most commonly held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ikpeke reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most common first name worldwide, borne by 15 people.
The last name Ikpeke is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria Ikpeke is most common in: Cross River, where 41 percent live, Benue, where 33 percent live and Abia, where 11 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ikpeka | 83 | 210 | / |
| Ekpeke | 83 | 179 | / |
| Ukpeke | 83 | 49 | / |
| Ikpoke | 83 | 13 | / |
| Ikpake | 83 | 4 | / |
| Ikpeki | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ukpekeh | 77 | 30 | / |
| Ikpekha | 77 | 25 | / |
| Ikpeaka | 77 | 11 | / |
| Ekpeike | 77 | 7 | / |
| Yokpeke | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ukpaeke | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikpekih | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikpeika | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikpaike | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikpaake | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekpek | 73 | 152 | / |
| Jkpek | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ikpekhai | 71 | 70 | / |
| Ikpeekha | 71 | 9 | / |
| Ekpoke | 67 | 251 | / |
| Ikpoki | 67 | 164 | / |
| Ekpeka | 67 | 128 | / |
| Ekpeki | 67 | 106 | / |
| Ikpaki | 67 | 61 | / |
| Ukpoke | 67 | 43 | / |
| Ikpiki | 67 | 28 | / |
| Ukpake | 67 | 14 | / |
| Igpoke | 67 | 6 | / |
| Aikpekhai | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ikpegh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ikpeakhai | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ekpake | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikpika | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ikpeke
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis