Uwai Surname
Approximately 234 people bear this surname
Uwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 91 | 1:1,946,624 | 68,955 |
| Papua New Guinea | 58 | 1:140,581 | 19,337 |
| Indonesia | 43 | 1:3,075,563 | 171,061 |
| Brazil | 32 | 1:6,689,823 | 158,565 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Uwai (272) may also be a first name.
Uwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Uwai is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Uwai? popularity and diffusion
Uwai is the 1,064,392nd most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 31,143,359 people. Uwai is mostly found in Africa, where 40 percent of Uwai reside; 39 percent reside in West Africa and 39 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 538,995th most common first name worldwide It is held by 272 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 91 people, or 1 in 1,946,624. In Nigeria Uwai is most numerous in: Delta, where 65 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 8 percent live and Rivers, where 5 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent live and Indonesia, where 18 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
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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 Uwai
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