Ishiwu Surname
Approximately 456 people bear this surname
Ishiwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 455 | 1:389,325 | 20,549 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ishiwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ishiwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ishiwu is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ishiwu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ishiwu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 659,458th most commonly used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 15,981,460 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ishiwu live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Ishiwu is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 455 people, or 1 in 389,325. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Enugu, where 40 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 16 percent reside and Lagos, where 9 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Ishiwu occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ishiwuy | 92 | 1 | / |
| Isiwu | 91 | 957 | / |
| Ishewu | 83 | 45 | / |
| Ishibu | 83 | 9 | / |
| Isiewu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Isihwu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Isuiwu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ushiwu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gisiwau | 77 | 127 | / |
| Ishaibu | 77 | 35 | / |
| Eshiowu | 77 | 23 | / |
| Ishuibu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Isibu | 73 | 407 | / |
| Isuwu | 73 | 22 | / |
| Isewu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Esiwu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Usiwu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ishaaibu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aishaibu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ichewu | 67 | 29 | / |
| Isaibu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Isibhu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hisibu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aisewu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Isibau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Isibui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yisewu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eseiwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Echiwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Issibu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ihcewu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eshuwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yisuwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ushewu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eshibu | 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 Ishiwu
- 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