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
Inwa has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Inwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 265,253rd most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 4,940,709 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Inwa reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Inwa is also the 397,322nd most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 461 people.
Inwa is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,459 people, or 1 in 121,414. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Taraba, where 32 percent are found, Bauchi, where 12 percent are found and Imo, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 0 percent are found and Nepal, where 0 percent are found.
Inwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly 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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