Irokwe Surname
Approximately 638 people bear this surname
Irokwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 620 | 1:285,714 | 16,096 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Irokwe (31) may also be a first name.
Irokwe Demographics
Average Irokwe Salary in
United States
$42,167 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Irokwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Irokwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Irokwe has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Irokwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 512,152nd most widespread family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 11,422,486 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Irokwe reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 31 people.
The last name Irokwe is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 620 people, or 1 in 285,714. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Abia, where 52 percent reside, Lagos, where 12 percent reside and Plateau, where 7 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Irokwe Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Irokwe surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the party.
Irokwe earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.28% less than the national average, earning $42,167 USD per year.
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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 Irokwe
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