Ikuewan Surname

1,272,314th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 180 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ikuewan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ikuewan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1741:1,018,06242,870
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212

Ikuewan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ikuewan is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ikuewan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ikuewan? popularity and diffusion

Ikuewan is the 1,272,314th most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 40,486,366 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ikuewan reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 174 people, or 1 in 1,018,062. In Nigeria Ikuewan is most numerous in: Edo, where 78 percent reside, Lagos, where 13 percent reside and Kano, where 5 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ikhuewan931/
Ikuwan9246/
Ikhuwan862/
Iquewan861/
Ikwewan861/
Ikiwan775/
Ekuwan773/
Ukuwan771/
Ikhiwan711/
Aigbewan671/
Igwewanne632/
Ikuejuone631/
Ekiwan621/
Ukuwon621/
Ekuwon621/
Iguiban5798/
Iquiban572/
Iguevon571/
Iquivan571/
Esquevan5312/
Egwaivon533/
Eguavean531/

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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
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  • 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 Ikuewan
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