Igweonu Surname
Approximately 609 people bear this surname
Igweonu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 596 | 1:297,219 | 16,631 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Igweonu (18) may also be a first name.
Igweonu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igweonu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Igweonu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Igweonu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 530,954th most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 11,966,414 people. The last name Igweonu is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Igweonu live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent first name globally, held by 18 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 596 people, or 1 in 297,219. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Enugu, where 30 percent live, Lagos, where 14 percent live and Niger, where 12 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Igweonu is found in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and Wales, where 0 percent live.
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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 Igweonu
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