Irakwe Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Irakwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Irakwe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria241:7,380,948165,663
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697

Irakwe Last Name Facts

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

Irakwe is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Irakwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Irakwe is the 3,665,662nd most widely held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Irakwe reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 7,380,948. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Taraba, where 100 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Irokwe83638/
Irekwe8322/
Hirakue77387/
Iroekwe7731/
Irokweh773/
Jirakwa771/
Hirankuea67828/
Irague6753/
Iraque6744/
Iragwa674/
Irokue673/
Irakui673/
Urekwe673/
Irogwe673/
Urokwe673/
Iregwe672/
Irokwa672/
Urakue672/
Irokwy671/
Iragbe671/
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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 Irakwe
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