Iwemjiwe Surname

993,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 258 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Iwemjiwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iwemjiwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2541:697,41232,206
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Iwemjiwe (12) may also be a first name.

Iwemjiwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Iwemjiwe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Iwemjiwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Iwemjiwe is the 993,593rd most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 28,246,302 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Iwemjiwe live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 12 people.

This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 254 people, or 1 in 697,412. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Delta, where 69 percent reside, Edo, where 14 percent reside and Lagos, where 6 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 0 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iwemjiw931/
Iwenjiwe8876/
Iwemjiwa882/
Iwemgiwe882/
Iwenijiwe822/
Iwemgewe7511/
Iwenyiwe757/
Iwenjiwa751/
Ewenjiwe751/
Iwenchiwe711/
Ewenjewe631/

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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 Iwemjiwe
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