Iwongi Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Iwongi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iwongi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Iwongi Last Name Facts

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

Iwongi is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Iwongi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,432,070th most frequently used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname Iwongi occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Iwongi live; 82 percent live in Central Africa and 82 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 2,736,280. Apart from The DR Congo this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent are found and Belgium, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ibongi8393/
Iwangi8311/
Ewongi834/
Iwonga832/
Iwonzi831/
Iwanggi778/
Yiwangi774/
Uwonggi774/
Ojwongi771/
Haiwonge711/
Iwanga671,617/
Ebongi67505/
Ibangi67406/
Ewonga67245/
Iwange67230/
Ibonge67215/
Ewonge67194/
Jwangi67181/
Ivonga6768/
Iwonze6767/
Ibonzi6748/
Ibonsi6747/
Ewungi6721/
Iwunge6711/
Iwanji676/
Ivangi674/
Ibungi673/
Evongi671/
Ivonge671/
Uwangi671/
Ewangi671/
Hiswonger671/
Ivengi671/

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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
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  • 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 Iwongi
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