Iguw Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Iguw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Iguw Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Iguw Last Name Facts

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

The surname Iguw (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺇﻛﻴﻮ) is most common in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Iguw? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,193,072nd most widespread surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Iguw is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Iguw live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ebonyi, where 33 percent live, Enugu, where 33 percent live and Lagos, where 33 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 20 percent live and Thailand, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iguwe89210/
Iguuw891/
Eiguw891/
Igouwe80507/
Ighuwe801/
Iggouw801/
Uguw7579/
Eguw7520/
Igub7511/
Igow753/
Jguw751/
Eguwe67117/
Igouf6744/
Inguv677/
Eigub674/
Egguw671/
Ysguw671/
Geguw671/
Euguw671/
Igoub671/
Jigub671/
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Iguw Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Iguw in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺇﻛﻴﻮakyw-

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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 Iguw
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