Iwuk Surname

1,459,453rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 146 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Iwuk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Iwuk Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1101:1,610,38960,100
Indonesia351:3,778,548197,284
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Iwuk (178) may also be a first name.

Iwuk Last Name Facts

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

Iwuk occurs most in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Iwuk.

How Common Is The Last Name Iwuk? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,459,453rd most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 49,914,698 people. The surname Iwuk occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Iwuk reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 683,417th most frequently used forename throughout the world, held by 178 people.

This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 110 people, or 1 in 1,610,389. In Nigeria Iwuk is primarily concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 91 percent live, Rivers, where 5 percent live and Lagos, where 3 percent live. Other than Nigeria Iwuk occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 24 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jiwuk8912/
Iwouk896/
Iwuke896/
Iwuike803/
Iweuke803/
Iwuuke802/
Iwok754,737/
Ewuk75119/
Iwuc7577/
Ivuk7524/
Uwuk7518/
Jiwuike732/
Aiwok6724/
Jiwok6718/
Ivuke675/
Iwaug674/
Eiwok674/
Ajwuk671/
Iwogk671/
Jwguk671/
Ewuke671/
Yibuk671/
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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 Iwuk
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