Ilwa Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Ilwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Ilwa (32) may also be a first name.
Ilwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ilwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ilwa is most common in The DR Congo. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ilwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,544,715th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ilwa live; 77 percent live in Central Africa and 77 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Ilwa is also the 1,840,253rd most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 32 people.
The last name is most common in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 103 people, or 1 in 717,277. Beside The DR Congo Ilwa is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 13 percent are found and Uganda, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Ilwa
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