Ikwele Surname
Approximately 131 people bear this surname
Ikwele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 58 | 1:3,054,185 | 94,504 |
| Uganda | 49 | 1:796,720 | 37,939 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Ikwele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ikwele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ikwele is most common in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ikwele.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikwele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,565,797th most numerous surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Ikwele are found; 44 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Ikwele is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 3,054,185. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 59 percent live, Akwa Ibom, where 10 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 37 percent live and England, where 15 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ikwelle | 92 | 42 | / |
| Inkwele | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ikwelet | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ikwel | 91 | 24 | / |
| Ikweelet | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ekwele | 83 | 858 | / |
| Igwele | 83 | 443 | / |
| Ikweli | 83 | 132 | / |
| Ikwely | 83 | 78 | / |
| Ikwela | 83 | 37 | / |
| Ukwele | 83 | 19 | / |
| Ikwale | 83 | 3 | / |
| Ekwelle | 77 | 770 | / |
| Ingwele | 77 | 116 | / |
| Ikweali | 77 | 88 | / |
| Ekwelie | 77 | 51 | / |
| Jigwele | 77 | 13 | / |
| Igweele | 77 | 4 | / |
| Jikwale | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikweell | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aikuele | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ighwele | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwelet | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikwalle | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikwoeli | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igwelea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwuele | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwel | 73 | 83 | / |
| Ekwle | 73 | 1 | / |
| Igwealer | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ekwealer | 71 | 3 | / |
| Aikuhele | 71 | 2 | / |
| Hickwell | 71 | 1 | / |
| Igbele | 67 | 594 | / |
| Ekwale | 67 | 591 | / |
| Ekweli | 67 | 464 | / |
| Igwela | 67 | 307 | / |
| Egwele | 67 | 259 | / |
| Ekwela | 67 | 190 | / |
| Ukweli | 67 | 168 | / |
| Igweli | 67 | 69 | / |
| Ikwali | 67 | 57 | / |
| Ugwele | 67 | 39 | / |
| Iguele | 67 | 29 | / |
| Ekwell | 67 | 16 | / |
| Ekuele | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ekwole | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ukwale | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikuile | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikwaly | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikuely | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekhweilhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igwale | 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 Ikwele
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