Iwaye Surname
Approximately 395 people bear this surname
Iwaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 387 | 1:457,733 | 23,307 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Iwaye (106) may also be a first name.
Iwaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iwaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Iwaye is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iwaye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 733,258th most widely held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 18,449,483 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Iwaye live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Iwaye is also the 915,176th most frequently occurring forename on earth, held by 106 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 387 people, or 1 in 457,733. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ondo, where 65 percent are found, Lagos, where 12 percent are found and Osun, where 4 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 2 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 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 Iwaye
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