Iwe Surname
Approximately 1,991 people bear this surname
Iwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,497 | 1:118,332 | 7,826 |
| Tanzania | 131 | 1:404,134 | 28,508 |
| Germany | 68 | 1:1,183,904 | 77,258 |
| Papua New Guinea | 62 | 1:131,512 | 18,033 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Indonesia | 40 | 1:3,306,230 | 179,945 |
| New Caledonia | 31 | 1:8,910 | 2,168 |
| Benin | 30 | 1:344,520 | 26,827 |
| United States | 23 | 1:15,759,084 | 542,937 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Iwe (543) may also be a first name.
Iwe Demographics
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Iwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Iwe is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Iwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Iwe is the 207,845th most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,660,244 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Iwe are found; 77 percent are found in West Africa and 77 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Iwe is also the 361,572nd most numerous forename at a global level, borne by 543 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,497 people, or 1 in 118,332. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Delta, where 19 percent live, Abia, where 15 percent live and Rivers, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Iwe occurs in 26 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 7 percent live and Germany, where 3 percent live.
Iwe Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Iwe surname are 2.33% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 55.56% registered with the political party.
The amount Iwe earn in different countries varies marginally. In Norway they earn 7.11% less than the national average, earning 321,478 kr per year and in United States they earn 6.85% less than the national average, earning $40,192 USD per year.
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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 Iwe
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