Inegbu Surname

579,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 542 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Inegbu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Inegbu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5231:338,70518,408
England141:3,979,861125,553
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Inegbu (12) may also be a first name.

Inegbu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Inegbu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Inegbu is found most in Nigeria. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Inegbu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 579,404th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 13,445,657 people. The last name Inegbu is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Inegbu reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Inegbu is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 12 people.

The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 523 people, or 1 in 338,705. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Abia, where 44 percent reside, Lagos, where 15 percent reside and Enugu, where 12 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent reside and Finland, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iniegbu925/
Ineagbu923/
Inoegbu921/
Unegbu8312,891/
Enegbu837/
Inegwu833/
Inogbu831/
Unaegbu77859/
Uneagbu7737/
Uniegbu7713/
Eniegbu774/
Unegbui772/
Jinegwu772/
Inagbeu771/
Uneigbu771/
Aynaegbu713/
Enegwu6765/
Unagbu6718/
Inekwu6711/
Enogbu6711/
Eneugwu62192/
Inaigwu6255/
Eniegwu624/
Unaigbu621/
Enigwu506/
Enekwu504/

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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 Inegbu
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