Iwenya Surname
Approximately 254 people bear this surname
Iwenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 250 | 1:708,571 | 32,605 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Iwenya (17) may also be a first name.
Iwenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iwenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Iwenya is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Iwenya.
How Common Is The Last Name Iwenya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,003,904th most frequently held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 28,691,126 people. The surname Iwenya is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Iwenya live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most widely held forename worldwide, borne by 17 people.
The surname Iwenya is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 250 people, or 1 in 708,571. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Delta, where 49 percent reside, Rivers, where 25 percent reside and Lagos, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent reside and Ghana, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iweenya | 92 | 1 | / |
| Iwenyah | 92 | 1 | / |
| Iweanyah | 86 | 2 | / |
| Ibenya | 83 | 46 | / |
| Uwenya | 83 | 27 | / |
| Iwenye | 83 | 11 | / |
| Iwinya | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ewenya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Iwonya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ivenya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Iwenha | 83 | 1 | / |
| Iwenia | 83 | 1 | / |
| Iweanyaah | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ivennya | 77 | 36 | / |
| Huwenya | 77 | 4 | / |
| Givenya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hibenya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aiweanye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ibenye | 67 | 721 | / |
| Ebenya | 67 | 407 | / |
| Iwenji | 67 | 112 | / |
| Ewinya | 67 | 74 | / |
| Ewenye | 67 | 73 | / |
| Ebinya | 67 | 53 | / |
| Jwanya | 67 | 21 | / |
| Ivenia | 67 | 18 | / |
| Uwenja | 67 | 8 | / |
| Iwania | 67 | 8 | / |
| Evenya | 67 | 5 | / |
| Evinya | 67 | 4 | / |
| Iwanja | 67 | 4 | / |
| Iwenje | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ibenia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uwenye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uwinya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iwigna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ibenyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iwenho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ibinya | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Iwenya
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