Ikweta Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Ikweta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
Ikweta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ikweta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ikweta occurs most in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ikweta click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikweta? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Ikweta is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ikweta live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Ikweta is most common in: Benue, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Tanzania, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ikwueta | 92 | 23 | / |
| Gikweta | 92 | 1 | / |
| Igweta | 83 | 384 | / |
| Ikwata | 83 | 51 | / |
| Ikwete | 83 | 14 | / |
| Ekweta | 83 | 5 | / |
| Ikueta | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ukweta | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ikweti | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ikwueto | 77 | 67 | / |
| Ikwetie | 77 | 24 | / |
| Ikweite | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ekwetta | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikwetti | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igbeta | 67 | 710 | / |
| Ukwata | 67 | 91 | / |
| Ekwata | 67 | 89 | / |
| Ekwete | 67 | 60 | / |
| Ikwiti | 67 | 27 | / |
| Ekueta | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ikwato | 67 | 13 | / |
| Igwata | 67 | 11 | / |
| Igwete | 67 | 2 | / |
| Igueta | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ugweta | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ikuita | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ikuete | 67 | 2 | / |
| Igweti | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egweta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ukueta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igweto | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekwota | 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 Ikweta
- 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