Iswa Surname

1,088,856th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 226 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Iswa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iswa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya991:466,46424,395
Indonesia491:2,698,963156,404
Nigeria361:4,920,632129,434
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Iswa (425) may also be a first name.

Iswa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Iswa is found most in Kenya. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Iswa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Iswa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Iswa is the 1,088,856th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 32,245,778 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Iswa are found; 45 percent are found in East Africa and 44 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Iswa is also the 416,660th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 425 people.

The surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 99 people, or 1 in 466,464. In Kenya Iswa is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 99 percent live and Bungoma County, where 1 percent live. Aside from Kenya Iswa occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 22 percent live and Nigeria, where 16 percent live.

Iswa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Iswa last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ishwa89453/
Iswea8989/
Yiswa8984/
Hiswa8933/
Isway8910/
Iswah8910/
Iswua899/
Jiswa898/
Aiswa892/
Itswa891/
Iszwa891/
Ishway8025/
Hiswah809/
Iswahy806/
Ishwua804/
Iswaat803/
Isswad802/
Aishwa802/
Hieswa801/
Hioswa801/
Gishwa801/
Ishwah801/
Yiswau801/
Jishwa801/
Isswat801/
Aiswea801/
Haiswa801/
Ishwaa801/
Eishwa801/
Giswai801/
Aiswah801/
Iswatt801/
Isba751,888/
Isua75670/
Isva75466/
Uswa75208/
Eswa75196/
Iswe7595/
Iswi7567/
Iswo7512/
Yswa751/
Ixwa751/
Jswa751/
Iswj751/
Giswaya7354/
Ishwait7322/
Iswaaya7311/
Eisweah731/
Heiswai731/
Uswah67268/
Eswau67245/
Iosua67230/
Isbai67198/
Esway67144/
Ishua67144/
Hisba67103/
Aisua6740/
Yisua6739/
Isvai6736/
Uisua6725/
Isbaa6719/
Yixwa6718/
Oisba6716/
Jizwa6714/
Jiswo6712/
Gisua6710/
Isuat679/
Huswa677/
Ichwa677/
Eswai677/
Ushwa677/
Heswa676/
Isbau676/
Eeswa675/
Issua675/
Iswed675/
Eshwa675/
Eswap675/
Isuaa674/
Itsua674/
Esswa673/
Isvad673/
Isvat673/
Izwua673/
Aisva673/
Jisba673/
Ishva672/
Jixwa672/
Isvas672/
Giswe672/
Euswa672/
Ojswa671/
Isvah671/
Yisba671/
Ishba671/
Isuay671/
Isvaa671/
Iswis671/
Izway671/
Heishway671/
Ishwo671/
Eisva671/
Eswah671/
Eswea671/
Isweu671/
Ishwe671/
Aiswj671/
Aizwa671/
Easwa671/
Jshwa671/
Isbha671/
Iswhj671/
Iswip671/

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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 Iswa
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