Ihuwa Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Ihuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Ihuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ihuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ihuwa occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ihuwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ihuwa is the 3,602,217th most commonly held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ihuwa are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Ihuwa is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 76 percent are found, Ondo, where 10 percent are found and Kano, where 3 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ihuhwa | 91 | 447 | / |
| Iheuwa | 91 | 124 | / |
| Ihuewa | 91 | 4 | / |
| Iuwa | 89 | 7 | / |
| Gihuywa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Iheuwua | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ehuwa | 80 | 1,261 | / |
| Ihuwe | 80 | 95 | / |
| Ijuwa | 80 | 88 | / |
| Hyuwa | 80 | 47 | / |
| Iuwai | 80 | 35 | / |
| Ihuwo | 80 | 16 | / |
| Jiuwa | 80 | 7 | / |
| Ihuba | 80 | 6 | / |
| Uhuwa | 80 | 5 | / |
| Ihuva | 80 | 4 | / |
| Hiuwa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Oiuwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Iuwau | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ejiuwa | 73 | 136 | / |
| Ihuhua | 73 | 94 | / |
| Aiyuwa | 73 | 11 | / |
| Jahuwa | 73 | 10 | / |
| Ojiuwa | 73 | 9 | / |
| Ijeuwa | 73 | 8 | / |
| Iheuba | 73 | 6 | / |
| Oyiuwa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ehyuwa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Jijuwa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yiuwai | 73 | 2 | / |
| Johuwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hiuwah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hiuwai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eyiuwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ehguwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ihuwoh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ihuuwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hujuwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Giouwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jiuwat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eahuwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eijuwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ehouwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iuwais | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ehuwai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Juwa | 67 | 3,724 | / |
| Yuwa | 67 | 1,381 | / |
| Hehuwat | 67 | 65 | / |
| Iuva | 67 | 31 | / |
| Iuwi | 67 | 19 | / |
| Iuwe | 67 | 13 | / |
| Iuba | 67 | 9 | / |
| Iuwy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Iuua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Juichua | 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
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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 Ihuwa
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