Uswah Surname

968,490th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 268 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Uswah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Uswah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2621:504,76841,234
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Uswah (1,012) may also be a first name.

Uswah Last Name Facts

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

Uswah is found in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Uswah? popularity and diffusion

It is the 968,490th most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 27,192,336 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Uswah are found; 98 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 98 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 252,656th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 1,012 people.

The last name Uswah is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is held by 262 people, or 1 in 504,768. In Indonesia Uswah is most frequent in: West Java, where 36 percent live, Central Java, where 16 percent live and Aceh, where 12 percent live. Apart from Indonesia Uswah exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 1 percent live and Malaysia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ushwah911/
Uswa89208/
Ushwaha831/
Usvah8011/
Iswah8010/
Ushwa807/
Huswa807/
Euswa802/
Hushwaha773/
Gushwaha771/
Gusway7319/
Uschwa7314/
Husway739/
Hiswah739/
Iswahy736/
Utsuah734/
Utswua734/
Uchwah734/
Euswas732/
Hushwa732/
Gauswa732/
Ishwah731/
Husswa731/
Ushwoa731/
Guswha731/
Usua671,910/
Oswa67569/
Iswa67226/
Usva6741/
Gushway6735/
Guschwa6726/
Usba6721/
Ushvaha6714/
Uswuayi672/
Outshwa671/
Eousuah671/
Hutshwa671/
Huswaid671/
Husswad671/
Ouswass671/
Hushbah671/
Gussway670/

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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 Uswah
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