Upwa Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Upwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Upwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Upwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Upwa occurs most in Nigeria. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Upwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,427,875th most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Upwa is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Upwa reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 50 percent live and Niger, where 50 percent live. Other than Nigeria Upwa is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 5 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 5 percent live.
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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 Upwa
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