Iorwerth Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Wales
Highest density in:
Wales

Iorwerth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Iorwerth Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales371:83,6366,963
England41:13,929,515290,718
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Iorwerth (465) may also be a first name.

Iorwerth Last Name Facts

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

The last name Iorwerth is held by more people in Wales than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Iorwerth.

How Common Is The Last Name Iorwerth? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,017,195th most widespread last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Iorwerth are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 395,119th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 465 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Wales, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 83,636. In Wales it is mostly concentrated in: Gwynedd, where 30 percent live, Bridgend County Borough, where 24 percent live and Carmarthenshire, where 16 percent live. Barring Wales this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 10 percent live and Scotland, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yorwerth8868/
Ayiorworth781/
Yorwarth7520/
Yorworth750/
Jorvert671/
Yorbert671/
Eorbert671/
Yarworth63151/
Jourbert636/
Yarbert537/
Jarvert531/
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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 Iorwerth
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