Iwaura Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Iwaura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 72 | 1:1,775,615 | 26,312 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Iwaura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iwaura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Iwaura is more commonly found in Japan than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Iwaura.
How Common Is The Last Name Iwaura? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,203,767th most widely held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. The last name Iwaura is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Iwaura are found; 97 percent are found in East Asia and 97 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.
The surname Iwaura is most frequently used in Japan, where it is carried by 72 people, or 1 in 1,775,615. In Japan it is mostly found in: Miyazaki Prefecture, where 54 percent are found, Hokkaido Prefecture, where 42 percent are found and Gunma Prefecture, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Japan this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Iwaura
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