Iwunze Surname

42,286th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,334 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Iwunze Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iwunze Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria12,1441:14,5871,441
United States1021:3,553,519199,004
England311:1,797,35772,927
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Iceland11:380,09011,096
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228

Iwunze (57) may also be a first name.

Iwunze Last Name Facts

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

Iwunze occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Iwunze? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 42,286th most widely held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 590,850 people. The surname Iwunze occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Iwunze reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Iwunze is also the 1,308,380th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 57 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 12,144 people, or 1 in 14,587. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Imo, where 64 percent live, Anambra, where 9 percent live and Abia, where 6 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Iwunze Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (99%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Iwunze surname are 32.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 85.71% registered with the party.

The amount Iwunze earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 69.8% less than the national average, earning R 71,772 per year and in United States they earn 3.37% less than the national average, earning $41,697 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iwunzie925/
Iwunzeh924/
Iwunzea923/
Iwuunze921/
Jiwunze921/
Iwuncze921/
Iwonze8367/
Iwunzi8334/
Iwunza8320/
Iwunge8311/
Ewunze834/
Uwunze833/
Iwunse833/
Iwumze833/
Yiwonze7727/
Jibunze7711/
Iwundzi774/
Iwundje771/
Yiwunzi771/
Ibunz731/
Ivoundze714/
Jibunzeh714/
Ewunza6762/
Ibunge6724/
Ivunza6721/
Ebunze674/
Ivunge674/
Ivoundzet671/
Ewonze671/
Iwonzi671/
Iwunji671/

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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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  • 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 Iwunze
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