Uwaezu Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Uwaezu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 60 | 1:2,952,379 | 92,303 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Uwaezu (265) may also be a first name.
Uwaezu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uwaezu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Uwaezu is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Uwaezu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Uwaezu is the 2,436,415th most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Uwaezu reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 546,451st most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 265 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 60 people, or 1 in 2,952,379. In Nigeria Uwaezu is most common in: Abia, where 63 percent reside, Kano, where 15 percent reside and Rivers, where 10 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in England, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uwazu | 91 | 3 | / |
| Uwezu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Owaezu | 83 | 5 | / |
| Ubaezu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Iwaezu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Uwaechu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Uwesu | 73 | 2,274 | / |
| Iwezu | 73 | 322 | / |
| Uwasu | 73 | 24 | / |
| Iwazu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Uwozu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Auwesu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Iwezuh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uwagiu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Auwasu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iwezou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uiwasu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ubaechhu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Uwosu | 55 | 43 | / |
| Iwasu | 55 | 4 | / |
| Uvesu | 55 | 3 | / |
| Uvasu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Iwatsu | 50 | 1,330 | / |
| Huvesu | 50 | 11 | / |
| Ujuesu | 50 | 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 Uwaezu
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