Iwabi Surname

678,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 439 people bear this surname

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

Iwabi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iwabi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3941:449,60122,976
Papua New Guinea321:254,80434,943
Iran81:9,597,816173,045
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Iwabi (185) may also be a first name.

Iwabi Last Name Facts

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

Iwabi is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Iwabi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Iwabi is the 678,631st most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 16,600,332 people. The last name Iwabi occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Iwabi live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Iwabi is also the 669,105th most numerous first name in the world, held by 185 people.

This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 394 people, or 1 in 449,601. In Nigeria Iwabi is most common in: Ondo, where 78 percent reside, Lagos, where 11 percent reside and Delta, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent reside and Iran, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yiwabi914/
Iswabi911/
Yiwabai831/
Iwabe801,980/
Iwobi80569/
Iwaba8074/
Iwebi8030/
Ibabi8025/
Jwabi8013/
Uwabi8012/
Ewabi804/
Ivabi802/
Jiwabhai779/
Gaiwabai771/
Iwuaba7380/
Iwuobi7364/
Ivaibi7361/
Uwaibi7340/
Uwabei7332/
Hewabi7323/
Iwuabe734/
Uwabie733/
Aibabi732/
Iwebie732/
Ivabie731/
Aiwebi731/
Ihwaba731/
Uwuabi731/
Uwaboi731/
Iwebei731/
Jivabi731/
Iwuebi731/
Jivabai6752/
Ivabhai6712/
Jiwuobi677/
Ibabhai676/
Ivabhis674/
Ivabhoi671/
Iwouvai671/
Ivabhit671/
Jivaabi671/

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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 Iwabi
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