Ihiwe Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Ihiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Ihiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ihiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ihiwe occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ihiwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ihiwe is the 6,723,624th most widely held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 63 percent of Ihiwe live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Ihiwe is primarily found in: Abia, where 60 percent are found, Benue, where 20 percent are found and Rivers, where 20 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 25 percent are found and Thailand, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ihaiwe | 91 | 7 | / |
| Ihiewe | 91 | 3 | / |
| Iiwe | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ehiwe | 80 | 758 | / |
| Ihiwa | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ihibe | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ihewe | 80 | 3 | / |
| Hiiwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ihive | 80 | 1 | / |
| Iiw | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ihaibe | 73 | 30 | / |
| Ihieve | 73 | 7 | / |
| Iheibe | 73 | 7 | / |
| Iheawe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hiiwes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uhuiwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ehiewe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ijiewe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hiewea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ihewes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uhiewe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iiweas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hiew | 67 | 8,579 | / |
| Iewe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Iywe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ehiw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Iibe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ihew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iiwd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iehw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yhiw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yiiw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jijihwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iiwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ihuibeh | 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 Ihiwe
- 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