Iawa Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Iawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Iawa (23) may also be a first name.
Iawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Iawa has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Iawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Iawa is the 3,665,662nd most frequently used family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. Iawa is mostly found in Oceania, where 83 percent of Iawa are found; 83 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 83 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Iawa is also the 2,239,265th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 23 people.
The last name Iawa is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 339,738. In Papua New Guinea Iawa is mostly found in: Bougainville, where 25 percent reside, National Capital District, where 25 percent reside and Central, where 21 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 10 percent reside and Malaysia, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Iawa
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