Iwawa Surname
Approximately 786 people bear this surname
Iwawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 739 | 1:99,972 | 11,221 |
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Iwawa (88) may also be a first name.
Iwawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iwawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Iwawa is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Iwawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iwawa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 436,668th most frequent surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 9,271,687 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Iwawa reside; 94 percent reside in Central Africa and 94 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Iwawa is also the 1,017,994th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, held by 88 people.
The last name Iwawa is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 739 people, or 1 in 99,972. Excluding The DR Congo Iwawa occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 5 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jiwawa | 91 | 115 | / |
| Iwaiwa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Iwuawa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Heiwawa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Iwasway | 83 | 1 | / |
| Iwaiwai | 83 | 1 | / |
| Jiwahwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ewawa | 80 | 180 | / |
| Iwaba | 80 | 74 | / |
| Iwawe | 80 | 69 | / |
| Iwowa | 80 | 62 | / |
| Uwawa | 80 | 34 | / |
| Iwawo | 80 | 14 | / |
| Iwawi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Uwawah | 73 | 205 | / |
| Ibhawa | 73 | 192 | / |
| Jwajwa | 73 | 130 | / |
| Iwuaba | 73 | 80 | / |
| Huwawa | 73 | 19 | / |
| Uwaewa | 73 | 10 | / |
| Hivawa | 73 | 8 | / |
| Iwauwo | 73 | 6 | / |
| Hiwawi | 73 | 5 | / |
| Iwuowa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Iwowai | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ibawua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hiwawe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uwawha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ihbawa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iwawuo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iwaiwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uwawwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ihwaba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ivawua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jiwawo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yowaway | 67 | 10 | / |
| Iswavat | 67 | 6 | / |
| Yishwashwa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ibhawah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aivawai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ibahawa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uwahwah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iwuabah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yiwabai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haibawa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eswaswa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jibaway | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Iwawa
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