Ikwe Surname
Approximately 3,552 people bear this surname
Ikwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,439 | 1:51,510 | 3,953 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Ikwe (434) may also be a first name.
Ikwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ikwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ikwe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ikwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ikwe is the 127,672nd most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 2,051,674 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ikwe are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ikwe is also the 411,730th most common first name internationally. It is borne by 434 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 3,439 people, or 1 in 51,510. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 62 percent live, Ogun, where 7 percent live and Delta, where 4 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 3 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
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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 Ikwe
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