Ishuwa Surname

2,061,309th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 83 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ishuwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ishuwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria811:2,186,94874,923
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676

Ishuwa (20) may also be a first name.

Ishuwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ishuwa occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ishuwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,061,309th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ishuwa are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most numerous given name world-wide, borne by 20 people.

The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 81 people, or 1 in 2,186,948. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 62 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 15 percent reside and Kogi, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Ishuwa occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and Namibia, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ishuuwa921/
Isuwa915,520/
Isiuwa83589/
Eshuwa8334/
Ishiwa8327/
Issuwa839/
Isouwa838/
Isauwa834/
Aisuwa833/
Isuwua833/
Ishuba832/
Ichuwa832/
Isuwah832/
Eisuwa832/
Yisuwa832/
Isuwai832/
Isuhua831/
Isuiwa831/
Iseuwa831/
Isuwad831/
Issouwa77585/
Ishowua7752/
Ishueva7724/
Jishiwa774/
Isuwaat772/
Isiuwah772/
Isiuwua771/
Ishihua771/
Ichouwa771/
Aisuiwa771/
Isiuwaa771/
Aisuwat771/
Usuwa73617/
Isuba73231/
Esuwa73218/
Isuwe7315/
Isuva735/
Isuwo733/
Issouhwa7111/
Ishubhai711/
Isssouwa711/
Isiuwe67168/
Ishowo6788/
Usuwah6769/
Ushiwa6755/
Isauwe6748/
Yizuwa6721/
Izuuwa6717/
Usouwa6713/
Isauwo6710/
Ishshueva6710/
Issiwa679/
Issuba677/
Ishubi674/
Yisuba674/
Usuwha674/
Uesuwa673/
Isueva673/
Ishiva673/
Aisuwo673/
Esuwat672/
Isuwis672/
Issouwatt672/
Isubai671/
Isubha671/
Gesuwa671/
Useuwa671/
Echuwa671/
Esuwoa671/
Esuswa671/
Isuuba671/
Haissouwa671/
Ishowe671/
Isauba671/
Jsuhua671/

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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 Ishuwa
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