Ikewe Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Ikewe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 192 | 1:922,619 | 39,799 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Ikewe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ikewe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ikewe occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikewe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ikewe is the 1,214,709th most numerous family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 37,759,305 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ikewe live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 192 people, or 1 in 922,619. In Nigeria Ikewe is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 64 percent live, Lagos, where 21 percent live and Edo, where 7 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ikewue | 91 | 6 | / |
| Ikewwe | 91 | 5 | / |
| Ikhewe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ikehwe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Eikewe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Jikewe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ikew | 89 | 9 | / |
| Ikiewei | 83 | 21 | / |
| Ikowe | 80 | 204 | / |
| Ikewa | 80 | 175 | / |
| Ekewe | 80 | 121 | / |
| Ikawe | 80 | 27 | / |
| Jikew | 80 | 15 | / |
| Aikew | 80 | 5 | / |
| Ikywe | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ukewe | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ikiwe | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ikewejhe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Iskehewe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ohiekewe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ukeiwe | 73 | 84 | / |
| Iekawe | 73 | 63 | / |
| Ichewe | 73 | 58 | / |
| Ekewei | 73 | 48 | / |
| Aikowe | 73 | 46 | / |
| Ikeeva | 73 | 16 | / |
| Aikawe | 73 | 14 | / |
| Aikiwe | 73 | 12 | / |
| Ikhawe | 73 | 12 | / |
| Ekewer | 73 | 9 | / |
| Ikesue | 73 | 8 | / |
| Yikawe | 73 | 7 | / |
| Ekeuwe | 73 | 7 | / |
| Ukewhe | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ekaewe | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ajkewe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Hukewe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ikoywe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Jikiwe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ikeave | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ukeawe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ikoweh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ikawey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gekewe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ikkebe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ikebeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ukeweh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eikebe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jikeaw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hickew | 73 | 0 | / |
| Ekeuwei | 67 | 431 | / |
| Ikheeva | 67 | 124 | / |
| Ikhaeue | 67 | 31 | / |
| Hoikeaw | 67 | 26 | / |
| Ikiowei | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ekew | 67 | 9 | / |
| Aikeeva | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ikechue | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ikeabeh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jikewai | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ekewhie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yikebeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikehebe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekeweet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aikoweh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jikiewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekewuea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haikeaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Huikeaw | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Ikewe
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