Ipwa Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Ipwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
Ipwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ipwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ipwa is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ipwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,436,415th most common surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ipwa reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Ipwa is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 5,061,222. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 97 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 44 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ipwau | 89 | 6 | / |
| Ipwah | 89 | 1 | / |
| Jipwa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ipwaya | 80 | 9 | / |
| Yipwai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ipwaat | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ibwa | 75 | 237 | / |
| Ipua | 75 | 63 | / |
| Epwa | 75 | 20 | / |
| Upwa | 75 | 20 | / |
| Ipwo | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ipwi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ipwe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hibwa | 67 | 91 | / |
| Jibwa | 67 | 57 | / |
| Ibwah | 67 | 41 | / |
| Ipuah | 67 | 21 | / |
| Epwau | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ibwai | 67 | 6 | / |
| Epwat | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ipuat | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ipuha | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hepwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Upwua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aipua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Epwas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Epwaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Impua | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ipwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis