Ikwete Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Ikwete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Ikwete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ikwete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ikwete is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ikwete.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikwete? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ikwete is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Ikwete live; 64 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ebonyi, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 14 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ikwetie | 92 | 24 | / |
| Ikweite | 92 | 2 | / |
| Ikwet | 91 | 12 | / |
| Ekwete | 83 | 60 | / |
| Ikweet | 83 | 8 | / |
| Ikweta | 83 | 8 | / |
| Igwete | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ikuete | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ikweti | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ikwote | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ikwueta | 77 | 23 | / |
| Ikuetie | 77 | 8 | / |
| Igweute | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ikwetti | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekweteh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekweite | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igwet | 73 | 204 | / |
| Ekwet | 73 | 36 | / |
| Ikwit | 73 | 8 | / |
| Icwet | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ukwoette | 71 | 13 | / |
| Iskuette | 71 | 1 | / |
| Igweta | 67 | 384 | / |
| Ekwote | 67 | 235 | / |
| Egwete | 67 | 162 | / |
| Igbete | 67 | 70 | / |
| Ekwate | 67 | 54 | / |
| Ukuete | 67 | 41 | / |
| Ukweti | 67 | 33 | / |
| Ikwiti | 67 | 27 | / |
| Icweet | 67 | 13 | / |
| Ikuite | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ekweta | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ugwete | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ukwate | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ekweet | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ikwati | 67 | 2 | / |
| Icwiet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekuete | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikueta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igwest | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igweti | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gikwed | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iquete | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iguete | 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 Ikwete
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