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
The last name Ikwabe occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikwabe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 215,176th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,815,469 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ikwabe live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 599,828th most frequently occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 225 people.
The last name Ikwabe is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,336 people, or 1 in 39,627. In Tanzania Ikwabe is mostly concentrated in: Mara Region, where 75 percent are found, Dodoma Region, where 11 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 7 percent are found. Other than Tanzania it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 30 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
Ikwabe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally 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