Mirikwe Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Mirikwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 109 | 1:1,625,163 | 60,488 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
Mirikwe (24) may also be a first name.
Mirikwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mirikwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mirikwe is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mirikwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mirikwe is the 1,612,213th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of Mirikwe are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 87 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mirikwe is also the 2,187,323rd most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 24 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 109 people, or 1 in 1,625,163. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Abia, where 38 percent live, Lagos, where 34 percent live and Rivers, where 19 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 8 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.
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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 Mirikwe
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