Igwa Surname
Approximately 254 people bear this surname
Igwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 201 | 1:881,307 | 38,450 |
| Philippines | 29 | 1:3,490,973 | 149,374 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Igwa (78) may also be a first name.
Igwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Igwa occurs most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Igwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,003,904th most commonly held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 28,691,126 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Igwa reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Igwa is also the 1,091,646th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 78 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 201 people, or 1 in 881,307. In Nigeria Igwa is most frequent in: Benue, where 24 percent reside, Rivers, where 20 percent reside and Niger, where 9 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 11 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 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 Igwa
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