Igwela Surname
Approximately 307 people bear this surname
Igwela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 260 | 1:681,318 | 31,645 |
| Uganda | 46 | 1:848,680 | 39,357 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Igwela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igwela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Igwela is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Igwela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 878,878th most widespread family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 23,737,935 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Igwela live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 260 people, or 1 in 681,318. In Nigeria Igwela is most numerous in: Rivers, where 93 percent live, Akwa Ibom, where 4 percent live and Lagos, where 1 percent live. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingwela | 92 | 63 | / |
| Igwelas | 92 | 16 | / |
| Igwella | 92 | 14 | / |
| Igweala | 92 | 2 | / |
| Igweela | 92 | 1 | / |
| Igwelea | 92 | 1 | / |
| Igwelaja | 86 | 1 | / |
| Igwelaha | 86 | 1 | / |
| Igwala | 83 | 556 | / |
| Igwele | 83 | 443 | / |
| Egwela | 83 | 152 | / |
| Igweli | 83 | 69 | / |
| Igwelo | 83 | 60 | / |
| Ikwela | 83 | 37 | / |
| Igbela | 83 | 17 | / |
| Iguela | 83 | 13 | / |
| Igwila | 83 | 9 | / |
| Ugwela | 83 | 6 | / |
| Igweilo | 77 | 325 | / |
| Ingwele | 77 | 116 | / |
| Igweali | 77 | 89 | / |
| Engwela | 77 | 41 | / |
| Igwalah | 77 | 25 | / |
| Igwelit | 77 | 19 | / |
| Jigwele | 77 | 13 | / |
| Egwella | 77 | 6 | / |
| Igwilla | 77 | 5 | / |
| Jiguela | 77 | 4 | / |
| Igweele | 77 | 4 | / |
| Igwealo | 77 | 3 | / |
| Igwielo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igwelio | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igwajla | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ighwele | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yigbela | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igwealer | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ingwaila | 71 | 1 | / |
| Igwealoi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ugweulla | 71 | 1 | / |
| Igwilo | 67 | 3,830 | / |
| Iguila | 67 | 787 | / |
| Ikwala | 67 | 686 | / |
| Igbele | 67 | 594 | / |
| Egwele | 67 | 259 | / |
| Ukwela | 67 | 200 | / |
| Ekwela | 67 | 190 | / |
| Igbila | 67 | 187 | / |
| Ikweli | 67 | 132 | / |
| Ikwele | 67 | 131 | / |
| Ugwala | 67 | 107 | / |
| Ikwely | 67 | 78 | / |
| Egwala | 67 | 48 | / |
| Iguele | 67 | 29 | / |
| Igbeli | 67 | 28 | / |
| Egwola | 67 | 8 | / |
| Egbela | 67 | 6 | / |
| Egweli | 67 | 3 | / |
| Egwelo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Iqwala | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ugwola | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikwelo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Icwala | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igueli | 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
- 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 Igwela
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis