Umwali Surname

38,326th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,729 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Rwanda
Highest density in:
Rwanda

Umwali Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Umwali Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Rwanda13,6431:833185
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Belgium171:676,27358,718
Uganda121:3,253,27385,117
Burundi91:1,089,428846
United States71:51,779,848968,877
England61:9,286,343223,652
France31:22,140,907385,998
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Umwali (19) may also be a first name.

Umwali Last Name Facts

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

Umwali occurs most in Rwanda. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Umwali? popularity and diffusion

Umwali is the 38,326th most commonly used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 530,814 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Umwali are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most widely held forename on earth, held by 19 people.

The surname is most widespread in Rwanda, where it is borne by 13,643 people, or 1 in 833. Other than Rwanda it is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found and Belgium, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Umwaali921/
Omwali8321/
Umbali8321/
Unwali832/
Imwali831/
Humbali7721/
Umbalai773/
Umballi771/
Oumbali771/
Omwaali771/
Aumbali771/
Houmbali7166/
Humballi719/
Humbhali711/
Umbalaai711/
Humbalai711/
Unwala67338/
Umbale67247/
Omwala67183/
Omwale6711/
Humbalaai677/
Umuala673/
Onwali672/
Imvali672/
Omwoli671/
Imweli671/
Onuali671/
Umvala671/
Imwale670/

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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 Umwali
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