Iriowen Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Iriowen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Iriowen 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
Nigeria1371:1,293,01351,317
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Iriowen (178) may also be a first name.

Iriowen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Iriowen is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Iriowen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Iriowen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,484,726th most commonly used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. Iriowen is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Iriowen live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 683,417th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 178 people.

Iriowen is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 137 people, or 1 in 1,293,013. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Edo, where 93 percent live, Rivers, where 2 percent live and Lagos, where 1 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and Germany, where 1 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
Ioriowen931/
Eriowen861/
Iritoyen801/
Iriajen71106/
Eriawene6725/
Iriajenh672/
Iorihyen671/
Ireoun622/
Eriien621/
Irijain5720/
Yrieahn571/
Eriehan571/
Iriayan571/
Airiohuohion532/
Iritayan532/
Irzyavin532/
Eriavene531/
Hirijain531/
Erhiawene501/
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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 Iriowen
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