Iwugwu Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Iwugwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Iwugwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iwugwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Iwugwu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iwugwu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,593,402nd most widely held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Iwugwu occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Iwugwu are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Iwugwu is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 50 percent live, Abia, where 25 percent live and Edo, where 25 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 17 percent live and The Netherlands, where 17 percent live.
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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 Iwugwu
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