Ikper Surname
Approximately 203 people bear this surname
Ikper Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 200 | 1:885,714 | 38,609 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Ikper (20) may also be a first name.
Ikper Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ikper Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ikper is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikper? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,173,425th most numerous last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 35,899,241 people. The surname Ikper occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ikper live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ikper is also the 2,446,817th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 20 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 200 people, or 1 in 885,714. In Nigeria Ikper is most common in: Benue, where 71 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 9 percent reside and Adamawa, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Ikper occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Ikper
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