Iwueke Surname

290,346th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,319 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Iwueke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iwueke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,2711:139,3738,969
United States241:15,102,456529,929
England111:5,065,278148,650
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Malta11:430,2723,380
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Iwueke (35) may also be a first name.

Iwueke Last Name Facts

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

Iwueke is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Iwueke? popularity and diffusion

It is the 290,346th most widespread surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 5,525,054 people. The last name Iwueke is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Iwueke reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Iwueke is also the 1,744,716th most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 35 people.

It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,271 people, or 1 in 139,373. In Nigeria Iwueke is most numerous in: Abia, where 20 percent reside, Rivers, where 18 percent reside and Lagos, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Iwueke Last Name Statistics demography

Iwueke earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.2% more than the national average, earning $50,569 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Ysueke671/
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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 Iwueke
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