Irawo Surname

1,101,507th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 222 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Irawo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Irawo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1921:922,61939,799
England211:2,653,24194,788
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Irawo (66) may also be a first name.

Irawo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Irawo is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Irawo? popularity and diffusion

Irawo is the 1,101,507th most common surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 32,826,783 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Irawo live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 66 people.

The surname Irawo is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 192 people, or 1 in 922,619. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 76 percent live, Ogun, where 14 percent live and Ondo, where 3 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 9 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Irawoh914/
Irawho913/
Jirawoo831/
Irabo80198/
Irawa80196/
Iravo8027/
Erawo8021/
Urawo8016/
Irowo808/
Irewo803/
Iraboh7330/
Irawah7326/
Irowop7318/
Uraiwo7311/
Iraboi7311/
Hirawa737/
Irawas736/
Yirawa735/
Urawoo735/
Airabo734/
Urahwo734/
Jirawa733/
Hirabo733/
Airawa733/
Iraewa732/
Airowo732/
Giravo732/
Eirawa731/
Iravos731/
Irohwo731/
Yirabo731/
Yrawou731/
Hiravo731/
Iravod731/
Jittrawot71263/
Hiraiwa6714,569/
Airaewa674/
Irawatt673/
Jirawas671/
Airewoh671/
Girhawa671/
Iorawaa671/
Hirawad671/

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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
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  • 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 Irawo
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