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
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Iwan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iwan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Iwan (Arabic: إيوان, Oriya: ଇୱାନ) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Iwań. Click here for further potential spellings of Iwan.
How Common Is The Last Name Iwan? popularity and diffusion
Iwan is the 27,491st most widely held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 372,669 people. Iwan occurs mostly in Asia, where 59 percent of Iwan are found; 54 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 52 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Iwan is also the 2,829th most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 367,942 people.
The surname Iwan is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 10,126 people, or 1 in 13,060. In Indonesia Iwan is most numerous in: West Java, where 38 percent are found, East Java, where 14 percent are found and Jakarta, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia it exists in 54 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 27 percent are found and Germany, where 6 percent are found.
Iwan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Iwan has changed through the years. 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 adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland and Greek Orthodox (50%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Iwan surname are 7.84% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.61% registered with the political 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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