Iwobo Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Iwobo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 69 | 1:2,567,286 | 83,988 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
Iwobo (65) may also be a first name.
Iwobo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iwobo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Iwobo has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Iwobo.
How Common Is The Last Name Iwobo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,273,756th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Iwobo reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,212,820th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 65 people.
The last name Iwobo is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 69 people, or 1 in 2,567,286. In Nigeria Iwobo is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 90 percent live, Abia, where 4 percent live and Rivers, where 4 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The Congo, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iwobho | 91 | 57 | / |
| Iwoboh | 91 | 6 | / |
| Ibobo | 80 | 1,589 | / |
| Iwoba | 80 | 185 | / |
| Iwebo | 80 | 116 | / |
| Iwabo | 80 | 50 | / |
| Ewobo | 80 | 12 | / |
| Iwuoba | 73 | 92 | / |
| Jibobo | 73 | 66 | / |
| Iboboh | 73 | 35 | / |
| Ewoboh | 73 | 21 | / |
| Ewhobo | 73 | 11 | / |
| Iweboh | 73 | 5 | / |
| Oiwabo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Aibobo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iwwoba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iwouba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iewebo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ihwabo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ewuobo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ibhobo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aiboboh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aijbobo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iwuboha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ibuobho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ihwabou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ibhobho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iwuobas | 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 Iwobo
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis