Iwong Surname
Approximately 310 people bear this surname
Iwong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 195 | 1:908,424 | 39,344 |
| Papua New Guinea | 47 | 1:173,483 | 24,058 |
| Indonesia | 46 | 1:2,874,982 | 163,265 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
Iwong (280) may also be a first name.
Iwong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iwong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Iwong occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Iwong? popularity and diffusion
The last name Iwong is the 872,430th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 23,508,213 people. The surname Iwong is mostly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Iwong are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 530,161st most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 280 people.
Iwong is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 195 people, or 1 in 908,424. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Cross River, where 74 percent are found, Akwa Ibom, where 14 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 6 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent are found and Indonesia, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uiwong | 91 | 154 | / |
| Aiwong | 91 | 37 | / |
| Yiwong | 91 | 18 | / |
| Jiwong | 91 | 3 | / |
| Eiwong | 91 | 2 | / |
| Hiwong | 91 | 1 | / |
| Haiwong | 83 | 88 | / |
| Gaiwong | 83 | 5 | / |
| Jiewong | 83 | 4 | / |
| Jiwoong | 83 | 3 | / |
| Huiwong | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ibong | 80 | 1,736 | / |
| Iwang | 80 | 925 | / |
| Ewong | 80 | 200 | / |
| Uwong | 80 | 137 | / |
| Ivong | 80 | 88 | / |
| Iwung | 80 | 64 | / |
| Ywong | 80 | 12 | / |
| Jwong | 80 | 3 | / |
| Jiewhong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Haiwoung | 77 | 1 | / |
| Huwong | 73 | 588 | / |
| Hibong | 73 | 102 | / |
| Jiwang | 73 | 91 | / |
| Yiwang | 73 | 41 | / |
| Aiwung | 73 | 28 | / |
| Ibhong | 73 | 25 | / |
| Aiwang | 73 | 20 | / |
| Hewong | 73 | 14 | / |
| Jibong | 73 | 12 | / |
| Ywuong | 73 | 11 | / |
| Giuong | 73 | 8 | / |
| Aibong | 73 | 6 | / |
| Jiwung | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ajwong | 73 | 4 | / |
| Yibong | 73 | 3 | / |
| Oibong | 73 | 2 | / |
| Iwwang | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jivong | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iboung | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iwonke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uwoong | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yhwong | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iwutng | 73 | 1 | / |
| Haiwang | 67 | 314 | / |
| Jeewong | 67 | 97 | / |
| Iwahang | 67 | 56 | / |
| Ouywong | 67 | 23 | / |
| Heiwang | 67 | 7 | / |
| Huiwang | 67 | 6 | / |
| Iwuting | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hajwong | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ewongue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haibong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jivoung | 67 | 1 | / |
| Issuong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jiboung | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jiewang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gaivong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aibhong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jitvong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heibong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jiwheng | 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 Iwong
- 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