Iruwo Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Iruwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Iruwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iruwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Iruwo is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iruwo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 10,311,814th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Iruwo live; 33 percent live in East Africa and 33 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Iruwo is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 177,142,758. In Nigeria Iruwo is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent are found and Uganda, where 33 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iruwot | 91 | 1 | / |
| Iruwa | 80 | 48 | / |
| Irubo | 80 | 17 | / |
| Irowo | 80 | 8 | / |
| Eruwo | 80 | 4 | / |
| Iriwo | 80 | 3 | / |
| Irouwa | 73 | 24 | / |
| Eruewo | 73 | 17 | / |
| Huruwo | 73 | 16 | / |
| Ireuwa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Iriwho | 73 | 4 | / |
| Airuwa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Airowo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Iruboh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Hiruwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eruwho | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iruvoo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eruwoi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eruwot | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iruboi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uruwoh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Airivuo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Airouwa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Eirivuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jirzuwa | 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
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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 Iruwo
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