Isinwa Surname

1,006,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 253 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Isinwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Isinwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2481:714,28532,812
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Isinwa (15) may also be a first name.

Isinwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Isinwa is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Isinwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,006,539th most commonly held surname globally, held by around 1 in 28,804,529 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Isinwa live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Isinwa is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 15 people.

This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 248 people, or 1 in 714,285. In Nigeria Isinwa is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 45 percent reside, Rivers, where 27 percent reside and Abia, where 13 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ishinwa9268/
Isihnwa923/
Isinwah921/
Haisinwa861/
Esinwa83208/
Isimwa8370/
Isenwa839/
Isinwo836/
Isinba833/
Isinwe831/
Izinwa831/
Haissinwa801/
Isimwaa774/
Eshinwa772/
Eisenwa771/
Issenwa771/
Ishinwe771/
Isenhwa771/
Isinbai771/
Ishenwa771/
Isnua739/
Iznwa731/
Ehijinwa7127/
Ichinwua714/
Jizienwa711/
Ezinwa676,412/
Esenwa67489/
Isimba67454/
Ejinwa67309/
Ijenwa67211/
Iginua6743/
Isemwa6741/
Isenwe6725/
Isimwe6713/
Izenwa673/
Esinwo673/
Esinwe672/
Esimwa672/
Igenwa671/

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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 Isinwa
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