Uwaa Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Uwaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Uwaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uwaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Uwaa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Uwaa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Uwaa? popularity and diffusion
Uwaa is the 4,772,636th most widely held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 53 percent of Uwaa live; 47 percent live in West Africa and 47 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Uwaa is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 50 percent live, Benue, where 13 percent live and Kogi, where 13 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 41 percent live and Thailand, where 6 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
- 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 Uwaa
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