Iwapele Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Iwapele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 64 | 1:2,767,856 | 88,308 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Iwapele (129) may also be a first name.
Iwapele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iwapele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Iwapele is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iwapele? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,372,517th most numerous last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Iwapele live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Iwapele is also the 818,356th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 129 people.
The surname Iwapele is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 2,767,856. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Lagos, where 39 percent live, Ondo, where 27 percent live and Ogun, where 20 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.
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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 Iwapele
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