Iwan Surname
Approximately 19,555 people bear this surname
Iwan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 10,126 | 1:13,060 | 1,650 |
| Poland | 5,331 | 1:7,130 | 904 |
| Germany | 1,097 | 1:73,387 | 9,281 |
| United States | 618 | 1:586,503 | 47,922 |
| Iran | 598 | 1:128,399 | 11,779 |
| Nigeria | 398 | 1:445,082 | 22,799 |
| Philippines | 171 | 1:592,036 | 64,746 |
| Iraq | 147 | 1:238,243 | 5,207 |
| Malaysia | 141 | 1:209,179 | 12,210 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Thailand | 82 | 1:861,443 | 136,584 |
| Papua New Guinea | 65 | 1:125,442 | 17,113 |
| Pakistan | 47 | 1:3,800,934 | 27,883 |
| Austria | 46 | 1:185,118 | 23,639 |
| France | 46 | 1:1,443,972 | 140,296 |
| Canada | 42 | 1:877,276 | 67,671 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Australia | 37 | 1:729,614 | 48,196 |
| New Caledonia | 36 | 1:7,673 | 1,760 |
| Argentina | 33 | 1:1,295,255 | 74,988 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| Wales | 29 | 1:106,708 | 8,358 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Spain | 19 | 1:2,460,633 | 58,585 |
| Israel | 18 | 1:475,424 | 36,085 |
| Norway | 16 | 1:321,393 | 31,311 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Lebanon | 13 | 1:433,622 | 11,952 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
The alternate forms: Iwań (1) are calculated separately.
Iwan (367,942) may also be a first name.
Iwan Demographics
Iwan Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Iwan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iwan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Iwan (Arabic: إيوان, Oriya: ଇୱାନ) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Iwań. Click here to see other potential spellings of Iwan.
How Common Is The Last Name Iwan? popularity and diffusion
Iwan is the 27,491st most widespread surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 372,669 people. The last name Iwan is mostly found in Asia, where 59 percent of Iwan live; 54 percent live in Southeast Asia and 52 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,829th most frequent given name world-wide It is held by 367,942 people.
The surname is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 10,126 people, or 1 in 13,060. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: West Java, where 38 percent live, East Java, where 14 percent live and Jakarta, where 7 percent live. Not including Indonesia Iwan is found in 54 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 27 percent live and Germany, where 6 percent live.
Iwan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Iwan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Iwan surname rose 3,635 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 500 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 2,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Iwan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland and Greek Orthodox (50%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Iwan surname are 7.84% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.61% being registered with the party.
The amount Iwan earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 39.09% less than the national average, earning 210,808 kr per year; in United States they earn 11.7% more than the national average, earning $48,199 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.77% more than the national average, earning $51,060 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Iwan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Iwan in the Oriya language | ||
| ଇୱାନ | iwana | - |
| Iwan in the Arabic language | ||
| إيوان | aywan | - |
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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 Iwan
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