Uwah Surname
Approximately 11,546 people bear this surname
Uwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 11,348 | 1:15,610 | 1,521 |
| United States | 52 | 1:6,970,364 | 322,914 |
| Philippines | 43 | 1:2,354,377 | 127,644 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Uwah (413) may also be a first name.
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Uwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Uwah is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Uwah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 44,954th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 631,175 people. Uwah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Uwah are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Uwah is also the 423,230th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 413 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 11,348 people, or 1 in 15,610. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Akwa Ibom, where 43 percent live, Imo, where 13 percent live and Cross River, where 8 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live and The Philippines, where 0 percent live.
Uwah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Uwah last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Uwah surname are 38.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 91.67% registered with the party.
The amount Uwah earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 24.57% more than the national average, earning R 296,028 per year and in United States they earn 16.65% more than the national average, earning $50,333 USD per year.
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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 Uwah
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