Ikwebe Surname
Approximately 940 people bear this surname
Ikwebe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 929 | 1:190,681 | 11,566 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Ikwebe (104) may also be a first name.
Ikwebe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ikwebe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ikwebe is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Ikwebe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikwebe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ikwebe is the 379,617th most widespread surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 7,752,708 people. The last name Ikwebe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ikwebe reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 925,156th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 104 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 929 people, or 1 in 190,681. In Nigeria Ikwebe is most frequent in: Benue, where 61 percent reside, Delta, where 8 percent reside and Cross River, where 6 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Ikwebe occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ikwuebe | 92 | 75 | / |
| Ikwabe | 83 | 1,910 | / |
| Ekwebe | 83 | 108 | / |
| Igwebe | 83 | 36 | / |
| Ikwobe | 83 | 29 | / |
| Ikweba | 83 | 16 | / |
| Ukwebe | 83 | 5 | / |
| Ikwibe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ikuebe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ikouebe | 77 | 550 | / |
| Igwebge | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ukwuebe | 77 | 5 | / |
| Ekweber | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwebie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eekwebe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igweibe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igwuebe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igwebeh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikouebet | 71 | 10 | / |
| Ickuebet | 71 | 9 | / |
| Enkweibe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ugwebe | 67 | 182 | / |
| Igbebe | 67 | 164 | / |
| Egwebe | 67 | 116 | / |
| Ekwabe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Igwebi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ekweba | 67 | 4 | / |
| Igwabe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ekwobe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ikouebhet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igweba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ukwebi | 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 Ikwebe
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