Iyawo Surname
Approximately 106 people bear this surname
Iyawo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 95 | 1:1,864,661 | 66,902 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Iyawo (1,015) may also be a first name.
Iyawo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyawo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Iyawo occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyawo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Iyawo is the 1,785,358th most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 68,750,433 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Iyawo reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Iyawo is also the 252,141st most common first name globally, borne by 1,015 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 1,864,661. In Nigeria Iyawo is mostly found in: Rivers, where 46 percent reside, Benue, where 12 percent reside and Lagos, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iyawou | 91 | 1 | / |
| Iyawoo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yiyawo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ihyawoh | 83 | 5 | / |
| Iyabo | 80 | 2,688 | / |
| Iyawa | 80 | 1,419 | / |
| Iyowo | 80 | 96 | / |
| Ayawo | 80 | 76 | / |
| Iyavo | 80 | 25 | / |
| Oyawo | 80 | 16 | / |
| Aiawo | 80 | 9 | / |
| Eyawo | 80 | 8 | / |
| Iyewo | 80 | 6 | / |
| Ijawo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Uiawo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Iyavoo | 73 | 312 | / |
| Goyawo | 73 | 34 | / |
| Hiyabo | 73 | 19 | / |
| Ayawoo | 73 | 16 | / |
| Oyhawo | 73 | 11 | / |
| Iyowou | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ayawuo | 73 | 5 | / |
| Hijawo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ayawou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ayawoa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Iyewho | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iyewoh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iyohwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ayawoh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oyawho | 73 | 1 | / |
| Goiawo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ijwo | 67 | 622 | / |
| Auwo | 67 | 540 | / |
| Aiwo | 67 | 143 | / |
| Oiwo | 67 | 140 | / |
| Eiwo | 67 | 52 | / |
| Eywo | 67 | 26 | / |
| Aywo | 67 | 14 | / |
| Ajwo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ihyawua | 67 | 6 | / |
| Eawo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Oywo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ahiahwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hayawoh | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Iyawo
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