Irikefe Surname

184,448th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,300 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Irikefe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Irikefe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,2831:77,5925,532
England91:6,190,895170,599
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Iceland11:380,09011,096
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Irikefe (1,343) may also be a first name.

Irikefe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Irikefe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Irikefe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 184,448th most commonly held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 3,168,498 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Irikefe live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Irikefe is also the 214,276th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 1,343 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,283 people, or 1 in 77,592. In Nigeria Irikefe is mostly found in: Delta, where 54 percent reside, Lagos, where 12 percent reside and Edo, where 7 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Irikefe occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.

Irikefe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (99%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Irikefeh938/
Irhikefe932/
Iriekefe932/
Irikefea931/
Irhikefee881/
Erikefe86225/
Irekefe8641/
Irikefi864/
Irikafe862/
Erhikefe8016/
Irekhefe801/
Irikifeh801/
Irikev7711/
Iriekhafe7516/
Irekheafe7513/
Irikeva7121/
Erekefe717/
Erikeev716/
Erikife711/
Irekhafe6714/
Erikheev672/
Erekeev5787/
Erikafi572/
Erykeev572/
Erekefa571/
Erekheev531/
Ericheev531/

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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 Irikefe
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