Udowa Surname

1,281,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Udowa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Udowa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1721:1,029,90043,269
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Udowa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Udowa is found most in Nigeria. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Udowa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Udowa is the 1,281,391st most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 40,941,269 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Udowa are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Udowa is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 172 people, or 1 in 1,029,900. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Akwa Ibom, where 67 percent reside, Lagos, where 13 percent reside and Cross River, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

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Odowa807,767/
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Odowaa732,130/
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Idowua732/
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Idowau732/
Guddow732/
Udawai731/
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Huddow730/
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Gudgova674/
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Hudovas673/
Gaudova672/
Udawait672/
Udgaway672/
Udaf672/
Iddouwa672/
Udhawat671/
Udavova671/
Udawaht671/
Gudowoi671/
Udoubaa671/
Udoovaa671/
Udoisua671/
Auduoba671/
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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 Udowa
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