Iwene Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Iwene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 140 | 1:1,265,305 | 50,482 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Iwene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iwene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Iwene is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iwene? popularity and diffusion
Iwene is the 1,484,726th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Iwene are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Iwene is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 140 people, or 1 in 1,265,305. In Nigeria it is most common in: Delta, where 53 percent live, Rivers, where 29 percent live and Edo, where 9 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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 Iwene
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