Iwabo Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Iwabo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iwabo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria491:3,615,158105,602
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Iwabo (13) may also be a first name.

Iwabo Last Name Facts

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

Iwabo occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Iwabo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Iwabo is the 2,746,821st most commonly used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. Iwabo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Iwabo are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 13 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 3,615,158. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ondo, where 69 percent reside, Lagos, where 22 percent reside and Ogun, where 6 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oiwabo913/
Ihwabo911/
Ihwabou831/
Iwebo80116/
Ewabo8090/
Ibabo8081/
Iwaba8074/
Iwobo8070/
Uwabo8026/
Jwabo802/
Ywabo801/
Iwuaba7380/
Iwobho7357/
Iweibo7333/
Iwoboh736/
Iweboh735/
Eswabo734/
Ibabuo733/
Uwaboi731/
Ewabot731/
Ibabho731/
Isuabo731/
Iewebo731/
Ihwaba731/
Ivabhoi671/
Iwuabah671/

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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 Iwabo
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