Iguw Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Iguw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Iguw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iguw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Iguw (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺇﻛﻴﻮ) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Iguw? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,193,072nd most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Iguw is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Iguw are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ebonyi, where 33 percent are found, Enugu, where 33 percent are found and Lagos, where 33 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 20 percent are found and Thailand, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Iguw Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Iguw in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺇﻛﻴﻮ | akyw | - |
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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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