Uchaya Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Uchaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 62 | 1:629,666 | 32,895 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Uchaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uchaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Uchaya (Marathi: उचया) is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Uchaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Uchaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,955,159th most common last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Uchaya reside; 68 percent reside in East Africa and 59 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 629,666. In Uganda Uchaya is most frequent in: Hoima District, where 52 percent are found, Buliisa District, where 16 percent are found and Nebbi District, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Uganda Uchaya exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 26 percent are found and Thailand, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Uchaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Uchaya in the Marathi language | ||
| उचया | ucaya | - |
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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 Uchaya
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