Iwamiya Surname

1,701,480th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 115 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Japan

Iwamiya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iwamiya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States741:4,898,094251,818
Japan401:3,196,10733,800
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Iwamiya Last Name Facts

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

Iwamiya is found most in The United States. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Iwamiya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Iwamiya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Iwamiya is the 1,701,480th most frequently used last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 63,369,964 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Iwamiya live; 64 percent live in North America and 64 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Iwamiya is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 74 people, or 1 in 4,898,094. In The United States Iwamiya is most prevalent in: California, where 92 percent live, Florida, where 3 percent live and Arkansas, where 1 percent live. Barring The United States this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Japan, where 35 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.

Iwamiya Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Iwamiya last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% being registered with the political party.

Iwamiya earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 20.73% more than the national average, earning $52,094 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iwamaya861/
Iwamiye861/
Jibamiya801/
Iwamae77351/
Iwameji7188/
Iwamoyo7128/
Iwamoye7119/
Iwamaye717/
Iwuamai713/
Uwamaya711/
Ewamoya711/
Iwuamaid671/
Uwamhiye671/

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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 Iwamiya
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