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 last name Iwemjiwe is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Iwemjiwe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 993,593rd most widespread last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 28,246,302 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Iwemjiwe are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 12 people.

It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 254 people, or 1 in 697,412. In Nigeria Iwemjiwe is most common in: Delta, where 69 percent live, Edo, where 14 percent live and Lagos, where 6 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

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
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  • 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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