Iwate Surname
Approximately 299 people bear this surname
Iwate Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 283 | 1:451,747 | 13,740 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Iwate Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iwate Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Iwate (Arabic: إيواته) occurs more in Japan more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iwate? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 895,817th most commonly held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 24,373,063 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Iwate live; 95 percent live in East Asia and 95 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
The surname Iwate is most prevalent in Japan, where it is held by 283 people, or 1 in 451,747. In Japan Iwate is most numerous in: Wakayama Prefecture, where 17 percent live, Gifu Prefecture, where 16 percent live and Miyagi Prefecture, where 16 percent live. Besides Japan it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 3 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Iwate Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Iwate in the Arabic language | ||
| إيواته | aywath | - |
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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 Iwate
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