Inwa Surname
Approximately 1,475 people bear this surname
Inwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,459 | 1:121,414 | 8,010 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Nepal | 4 | 1:7,120,239 | 14,461 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Inwa (461) may also be a first name.
Inwa Demographics
Inwa Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Inwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Inwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Inwa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Inwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 265,253rd most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,940,709 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Inwa reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 397,322nd most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 461 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,459 people, or 1 in 121,414. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Taraba, where 32 percent live, Bauchi, where 12 percent live and Imo, where 9 percent live. Other than Nigeria Inwa is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 0 percent live and Nepal, where 0 percent live.
Inwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Inwa last name is principally Muslim (92%) in Nigeria.
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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 Inwa
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