Iheonu Surname

397,886th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 885 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Iheonu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iheonu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8761:202,21812,101
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Iheonu (71) may also be a first name.

Iheonu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Iheonu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Iheonu is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Iheonu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Iheonu is the 397,886th most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,234,515 people. Iheonu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Iheonu are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Iheonu is also the 1,152,838th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 71 people.

The last name Iheonu is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 876 people, or 1 in 202,218. In Nigeria Iheonu is most common in: Abia, where 45 percent reside, Lagos, where 20 percent reside and Enugu, where 11 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Algeria, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ihieonu923/
Ihejionu866/
Eonu8034/
Iejionu771/
Eongu7334/
Geonu732/
Ijejionu711/
Ihyoungu711/
Jieanu67323/
Ejionu6758/
Yehonu678/
Jeonus671/
Yeongu671/
Ehonou671/
Ehongu671/
Yehenu671/
Yeoenu671/

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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 Iheonu
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