Ikwabe Surname
Approximately 1,910 people bear this surname
Ikwabe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,336 | 1:39,627 | 4,543 |
| Kenya | 572 | 1:80,734 | 7,443 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Ikwabe (225) may also be a first name.
Ikwabe Demographics
Ikwabe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ikwabe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ikwabe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ikwabe occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikwabe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 215,176th most commonly used last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 3,815,469 people. The surname Ikwabe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ikwabe reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 70 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Ikwabe is also the 599,828th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 225 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,336 people, or 1 in 39,627. In Tanzania Ikwabe is most prevalent in: Mara Region, where 75 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 11 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 7 percent live. Aside from Tanzania Ikwabe is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 30 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
Ikwabe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ikwebe | 83 | 940 | / |
| Ikuabe | 83 | 82 | / |
| Ikwobe | 83 | 29 | / |
| Ekwabe | 83 | 7 | / |
| Ikwaba | 83 | 6 | / |
| Igwabe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ikwuebe | 77 | 75 | / |
| Ikwuobe | 77 | 71 | / |
| Ekwabi | 67 | 237 | / |
| Ekwebe | 67 | 108 | / |
| Igwabi | 67 | 69 | / |
| Igbabe | 67 | 43 | / |
| Igwebe | 67 | 36 | / |
| Ikuobe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ukwebe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Igwaba | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ugwabe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ukwabi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ekwobe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Iquabe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikuaba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekuabe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egwabe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikwavi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikuebe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekwaba | 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 Ikwabe
- 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