Iwapo Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Iwapo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Iwapo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda661:591,50431,661
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

Iwapo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Iwapo occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Iwapo? popularity and diffusion

Iwapo is the 2,273,756th most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Iwapo live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Iwapo is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 591,504. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Kaberamaido District, where 70 percent reside, Soroti District, where 27 percent reside and Dokolo District, where 2 percent reside. Other than Uganda this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 3 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iswapo911/
Ewapo8011/
Iwapa807/
Ibapoi734/
Ywapot734/
Ibapou733/
Iswapa732/
Eswapo732/
Yowapho671/
Yiwapat671/

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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 Iwapo
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