Iwo Surname

229,112th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,769 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Iwo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iwo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,3041:135,8468,768
DR Congo1571:470,57138,110
Papua New Guinea1111:73,4579,617
Indonesia821:1,612,795106,468
United States361:10,068,304413,125
Brazil251:8,562,973188,780
England181:3,095,448105,421
Cameroon151:1,384,60580,726
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Congo41:1,247,27420,238
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Iwo (4,721) may also be a first name.

Iwo Last Name Facts

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

Iwo (Arabic: ايوّ) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Iwo.

How Common Is The Last Name Iwo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 229,112th most numerous family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 4,119,585 people. The surname Iwo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Iwo reside; 74 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 99,667th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 4,721 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,304 people, or 1 in 135,846. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Rivers, where 45 percent are found, Abia, where 19 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 11 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 9 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent are found.

Iwo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Iwo are 22.46% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 69.23% registered to vote for the party.

Iwo earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.73% more than the national average, earning $43,462 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iwoh86807/
Ijwo86622/
Jiwo86262/
Iwou86242/
Aiwo86143/
Oiwo86140/
Iwuo8677/
Yiwo8654/
Eiwo8652/
Ihwo8637/
Iwos8623/
Iwoo8622/
Iwho8621/
Iwoi8614/
Iwop8611/
Hiwo861/
Iwoś861/
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Oiwoh75325/
Aiwoi75135/
Hiwoi7556/
Eiwoh7546/
Aiwoy7523/
Ijwuo7522/
Haiwo7517/
Hiwoy7516/
Jiewo7510/
Giwoi757/
Jiwoo757/
Yiwou757/
Aiwou757/
Jihwo756/
Iwuoz756/
Iwuot756/
Iwott756/
Aiwoh755/
Iwouh754/
Hiowo754/
Iwohu753/
Iwohe752/
Jiwwo752/
Giwoo752/
Yiwot752/
Iwoit752/
Iwooh751/
Giwoh751/
Yiwuo751/
Yiwoz751/
Yiwho751/
Hiewo751/
Iwout751/
Iwoot751/
Giwoy751/
Ijwou751/
Hiwop751/
Aiwop751/
Iwuoa751/
Goiwo751/
Ibo6721,473/
Ivo6710,499/
Iwa677,431/
Ewo671,949/
Uwo67234/
Jwo6744/
Iwouha6740/
Ywo6713/
Iwuhoa678/
Haiwoi677/
Hiwott677/
Iwuohe674/
Iweheo673/
Jiewou672/
Ehiewo671/
Iwwoha671/
Iwhoha671/
Gaiwou671/
Hiwoot671/
Iwuohs671/
Iwooha671/
Hiwost671/
Jiwoth671/
Iwwood671/
Hiwood670/

Iwo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Iwo in the Arabic language
ايوّayw-
ايوayw-

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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 Iwo
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