Iidow Surname

536,820th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 600 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Somalia
Highest density in:
Somalia

Iidow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iidow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Somalia5881:22,8781,280
England61:9,286,343223,652
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

Iidow (199) may also be a first name.

Iidow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Iidow is found most in Somalia. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Iidow? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 536,820th most common surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 12,145,910 people. The surname Iidow is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Iidow live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Cushitic Africa. Iidow is also the 642,605th most widespread first name on earth It is held by 199 people.

The last name is most common in Somalia, where it is held by 588 people, or 1 in 22,878. Beside Somalia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iidoow914/
Idow898,683/
Idhow80133/
Yidow8010/
Idouw808/
Aidow803/
Iduow801/
Oidow801/
Uidow801/
Idiow801/
Iidaw801/
Iddow800/
Iđidov7351/
Giedow7342/
Ayidow731/
Adow6742,310/
Edow671,852/
Itow67202/
Itiw6783/
Idaw6737/
Udow6729/
Odow6713/
Idiw6712/
Iduw672/
Idew671/
Uwaidow671/

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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 Iidow
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