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
Igweonu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Igweonu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 530,954th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 11,966,414 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Igweonu are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held first name internationally, held by 18 people.
The last name Igweonu is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 596 people, or 1 in 297,219. In Nigeria Igweonu is mostly concentrated in: Enugu, where 30 percent live, Lagos, where 14 percent live and Niger, where 12 percent live. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs 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
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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 Igweonu
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