Iwaka Surname
Approximately 653 people bear this surname
Iwaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 335 | 1:220,536 | 21,570 |
| Nigeria | 191 | 1:927,449 | 39,947 |
| Japan | 105 | 1:1,217,565 | 22,109 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Iwaka (11) may also be a first name.
Iwaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iwaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Iwaka is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Iwaka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 503,100th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 11,160,101 people. The surname Iwaka occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Iwaka are found; 51 percent are found in Central Africa and 51 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 11 people.
This last name is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 335 people, or 1 in 220,536. Barring The DR Congo this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 29 percent are found and Japan, where 16 percent are found.
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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 Iwaka
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