Uruwa Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Uruwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 35 | 1:1,512,618 | 47,057 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
Uruwa (31) may also be a first name.
Uruwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uruwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Uruwa is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Uruwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,273,756th most widespread surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Uruwa are found; 50 percent are found in East Africa and 50 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Uruwa is also the 1,874,099th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 31 people.
Uruwa is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 1,512,618. In Tanzania Uruwa is mostly found in: Zanzibar Urban West Region, where 91 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 3 percent live and Manyara Region, where 3 percent live. Other than Tanzania this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 31 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uruwah | 91 | 137 | / |
| Huruwa | 91 | 53 | / |
| Uruwat | 91 | 12 | / |
| Uruwad | 91 | 1 | / |
| Urouwa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Uruwaya | 83 | 102 | / |
| Ourouwa | 83 | 32 | / |
| Guruhwa | 83 | 10 | / |
| Oruwa | 80 | 252 | / |
| Uruba | 80 | 233 | / |
| Iruwa | 80 | 48 | / |
| Uruwe | 80 | 16 | / |
| Uruva | 80 | 11 | / |
| Uriwa | 80 | 8 | / |
| Outrouwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Huruva | 73 | 497 | / |
| Urueva | 73 | 194 | / |
| Huruba | 73 | 180 | / |
| Huruwe | 73 | 153 | / |
| Guruva | 73 | 126 | / |
| Euruba | 73 | 75 | / |
| Orouwa | 73 | 35 | / |
| Urubay | 73 | 26 | / |
| Urubau | 73 | 18 | / |
| Huruwo | 73 | 16 | / |
| Iruwai | 73 | 9 | / |
| Uriway | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ireuwa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Uruwop | 73 | 3 | / |
| Uruvat | 73 | 3 | / |
| Uroewa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Uriwau | 73 | 2 | / |
| Urubai | 73 | 2 | / |
| Huriwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ouruba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uruwoh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Orzuwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Urujva | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hiruwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oreuwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ooruwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uruvad | 73 | 1 | / |
| Urruba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uruvas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Huriwai | 67 | 126 | / |
| Guruvai | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ourouba | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hurueva | 67 | 4 | / |
| Uruchua | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hurubai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hurihua | 67 | 2 | / |
| Houriwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gurguva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hiruwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Huruhwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Huriwaa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Uruwa
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