Okwu-Uwa Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okwu-Uwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okwu-Uwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Okwu-Uwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Okwu-Uwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Okwu-Uwa is most common in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Okwu-Uwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,391,485th most common last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Okwu-Uwa live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria Okwu-Uwa is mostly found in: Delta, where 92 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Okwu-Uwa is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, 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
  • 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 Okwu-Uwa
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