Umwiza Surname

105,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,433 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Rwanda
Highest density in:
Rwanda

Umwiza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Umwiza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Rwanda4,3411:2,618637
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Uganda181:2,168,84967,754
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Umwiza Last Name Facts

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

The surname Umwiza occurs more in Rwanda more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Umwiza.

How Common Is The Last Name Umwiza? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 105,595th most commonly used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,643,931 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Umwiza are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

Umwiza is most commonly used in Rwanda, where it is borne by 4,341 people, or 1 in 2,618. Aside from Rwanda this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Humwiza921/
Omwiza831/
Omwoiza771/
Umbizi674/
Umwezi671/
Umwesi671/
Omwitsa62128/
Umuhizi6211/
Unwisat622/
Humuisa621/
Omwaizi621/
Hunwisai5750/
Aunwisas572/
Unwisait571/
Omueza50127/
Umueze5046/
Unuisa5016/
Omuize5011/
Imwesa501/
Umuesi501/

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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 Umwiza
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