Ikwesi Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Ikwesi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 143 | 1:1,238,761 | 49,638 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Ikwesi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ikwesi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ikwesi is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Ikwesi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikwesi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,453,389th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ikwesi are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Ikwesi is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 143 people, or 1 in 1,238,761. In Nigeria Ikwesi is most common in: Delta, where 63 percent reside, Lagos, where 13 percent reside and Oyo, where 9 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ikweshi | 92 | 3 | / |
| Ikwetshi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Igwesi | 83 | 2,552 | / |
| Ekwesi | 83 | 173 | / |
| Ukwesi | 83 | 61 | / |
| Ikwasi | 83 | 20 | / |
| Ikwese | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ikwesa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ikweci | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ikwisi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ikuesi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ikwegi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ikweji | 83 | 1 | / |
| Igweshi | 77 | 1,001 | / |
| Igwuesi | 77 | 10 | / |
| Ekweshi | 77 | 10 | / |
| Ingwesi | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ikwezie | 77 | 5 | / |
| Ekweasi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ikwashi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Igwesih | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ikwisip | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwesip | 77 | 1 | / |
| Iqweshi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekhwesi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igweishi | 71 | 10 | / |
| Igweashi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ekwetshi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikwitshi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikuetshi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikwuechi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikwechgi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekwosi | 67 | 112 | / |
| Igweji | 67 | 59 | / |
| Ikweze | 67 | 58 | / |
| Ekwese | 67 | 32 | / |
| Igbesi | 67 | 27 | / |
| Egwesi | 67 | 26 | / |
| Ekwasi | 67 | 20 | / |
| Ukwasi | 67 | 19 | / |
| Igwasi | 67 | 16 | / |
| Ikweje | 67 | 10 | / |
| Igwisi | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ikuesa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ikwose | 67 | 6 | / |
| Igwese | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ikwiji | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ukwese | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ekwesa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Iguesi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ikuese | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikwase | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igwegi | 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
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- 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 Ikwesi
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