Usiwo Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Usiwo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Usiwo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria431:4,119,599115,187
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Usiwo (159) may also be a first name.

Usiwo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Usiwo is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Usiwo.

How Common Is The Last Name Usiwo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,944,094th most commonly held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Usiwo are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Usiwo is also the 727,628th most frequent forename world-wide, borne by 159 people.

The surname Usiwo is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 4,119,599. In Nigeria Usiwo is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 40 percent are found, Delta, where 37 percent are found and Lagos, where 12 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Usiwo exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ushiwo911/
Usiwa80245/
Isiwo8013/
Osiwo8012/
Ushiwa7355/
Gusiwa7314/
Ausiwa7311/
Osuiwo733/
Oshiwo733/
Osihwo732/
Husiwa731/
Usiwah731/
Usuiwa731/
Utsiwa731/
Usiboh731/
Eusibo731/
Ushiwua6718/
Uusivuo6717/
Uusisuo6712/
Usoiboh671/

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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 Usiwo
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