Ihwa Surname
Approximately 436 people bear this surname
Ihwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 422 | 1:419,770 | 21,772 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Ihwa (189) may also be a first name.
Ihwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ihwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ihwa is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ihwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 681,965th most widely held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 16,714,555 people. The surname Ihwa is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ihwa live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ihwa is also the 661,310th most numerous given name on earth, borne by 189 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 422 people, or 1 in 419,770. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 76 percent are found, Kano, where 9 percent are found and Taraba, where 6 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 1 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Ihwa
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