Iwatan Surname
Approximately 429 people bear this surname
Iwatan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 417 | 1:424,803 | 21,997 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Iwatan (10) may also be a first name.
Iwatan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iwatan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Iwatan has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Iwatan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 689,921st most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 16,987,287 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Iwatan are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name globally It is held by 10 people.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 417 people, or 1 in 424,803. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ondo, where 72 percent reside, Lagos, where 16 percent reside and Akwa Ibom, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iwaetan | 92 | 26 | / |
| Iwaitan | 92 | 16 | / |
| Iwathan | 92 | 9 | / |
| Aiwatan | 92 | 1 | / |
| Iwatane | 92 | 1 | / |
| Iwaitane | 86 | 7 | / |
| Iwaytane | 86 | 1 | / |
| Iwetan | 83 | 546 | / |
| Ibatan | 83 | 479 | / |
| Ewatan | 83 | 17 | / |
| Ivatan | 83 | 6 | / |
| Iwotan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yiwattane | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hibatan | 77 | 268 | / |
| Ewaitan | 77 | 29 | / |
| Ewatane | 77 | 23 | / |
| Ewaytan | 77 | 10 | / |
| Ewattan | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ibaitan | 77 | 2 | / |
| Iweitan | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ivattan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ibattan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ijbatan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Iwettan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yiwetan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Isuatan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ivastan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Haibatan | 71 | 33 | / |
| Gaivatan | 71 | 6 | / |
| Ewattane | 71 | 5 | / |
| Ivathane | 71 | 5 | / |
| Ewaitane | 71 | 4 | / |
| Hiwatoun | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jivatane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ewetan | 67 | 454 | / |
| Juatan | 67 | 199 | / |
| Ebatan | 67 | 133 | / |
| Ewaton | 67 | 18 | / |
| Ibotan | 67 | 9 | / |
| Evatan | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ivatanova | 67 | 8 | / |
| Gaivataan | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ewotan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iwoton | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Iwatan
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