Iwegbu Surname

267,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,461 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Iwegbu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iwegbu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,4141:125,2788,214
United States211:17,259,949572,238
England171:3,277,533109,658
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
France21:33,211,361423,184
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Iwegbu (56) may also be a first name.

Iwegbu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Iwegbu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Iwegbu is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Iwegbu.

How Common Is The Last Name Iwegbu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Iwegbu is the 267,389th most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 4,988,053 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Iwegbu are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Iwegbu is also the 1,321,957th most numerous forename in the world, held by 56 people.

Iwegbu is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,414 people, or 1 in 125,278. In Nigeria Iwegbu is most frequent in: Delta, where 55 percent live, Lagos, where 15 percent live and Edo, where 5 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Iwegbu Last Name Statistics demography

Iwegbu earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 23.52% less than the national average, earning $33,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iwuegbu92129/
Iweagbu924/
Iwegbeu922/
Iwegbeue861/
Ihwuegbu861/
Ibegbu836,094/
Uwegbu834/
Iwagbu833/
Uwaegbu77203/
Ihuegbu7790/
Uweagbu776/
Ibeagbu775/
Ivoegbu773/
Ibeegbu772/
Uwuegbu772/
Ijuegbu771/
Uwiegbu771/
Ewuegbu771/
Uwhegbu771/
Ibehegbu711/
Ebegbu6750/
Uvegbu6733/
Evegbu6719/
Ebigbu675/
Evogbu673/
Uwagbu672/
Ibigbu671/
Ewogbu671/
Uwogbu671/
Evoegbu6242/
Ebigbou622/
Eboigbu621/
Uhuigbu621/
Ehuegbu621/
Ajuegbu621/
Ihuegboo5710/
Ajwegboo571/

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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 Iwegbu
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