Ishwa Surname
Approximately 453 people bear this surname
Ishwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 449 | 1:394,527 | 20,761 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Ishwa (73) may also be a first name.
Ishwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ishwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ishwa is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ishwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 662,685th most common surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 16,087,298 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ishwa live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,134,117th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 73 people.
The surname Ishwa is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 449 people, or 1 in 394,527. In Nigeria Ishwa is most prevalent in: Benue, where 95 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent reside and Gombe, where 1 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Ishwa occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 0 percent reside and The Maldives, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Ishwa
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