Ikwa Surname
Approximately 2,178 people bear this surname
Ikwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,266 | 1:58,357 | 6,965 |
| Nigeria | 842 | 1:210,383 | 12,505 |
| Uganda | 27 | 1:1,445,899 | 53,777 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Namibia | 7 | 1:344,200 | 10,409 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Ikwa (320) may also be a first name.
Ikwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ikwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ikwa occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 193,184th most common family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 3,345,981 people. The last name Ikwa is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ikwa live; 58 percent live in Central Africa and 58 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Ikwa is also the 490,671st most frequent forename worldwide, held by 320 people.
The last name Ikwa is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,266 people, or 1 in 58,357. Outside of The DR Congo this surname occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 39 percent reside and Uganda, 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 Ikwa
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