Iuwe Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Iuwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iuwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Iuwe Last Name Facts

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

Iuwe is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Iuwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Iuwe is the 5,391,485th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 54 percent of Iuwe reside; 54 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Iuwe is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 86 percent reside and Rivers, where 14 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Iuwe exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 38 percent reside and Thailand, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ihuwe8995/
Ijuwe8928/
Yiuwe8921/
Hiuwe896/
Giuwe891/
Iuweh891/
Iuw86146/
Ijeuwe8012/
Ajiuwe803/
Yiuwei802/
Jiuwei802/
Ioyuwe801/
Juwe75519/
Yuwe75166/
Iuwi7519/
Iube7517/
Iuwa757/
Iuwy752/
Jiuw751/
Ijuw751/
Ejiuwie7311/
Juweh67257/
Oyuwe67173/
Yuwei67154/
Ijuwa6788/
Juwep6769/
Ejuwe6750/
Iubei6749/
Ihowe6737/
Iuwai6735/
Ihuwa6730/
Juwee6728/
Juwei6728/
Eyuwe6726/
Jouwe6715/
Juwea6711/
Yuweh6710/
Jiuwa677/
Juwes677/
Ojuwe677/
Ijube676/
Juwey675/
Yuwhe674/
Hyuwe674/
Yuhwe674/
Hiuwa673/
Ijowe673/
Iuver672/
Ujuwe672/
Yuwey671/
Ihube671/
Giuve671/
Yuwie671/
Oiuwa671/
Juwie671/
Jauwe671/
Oiuhw671/
Iuvei671/
Eiowe671/

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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 Iuwe
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