Uwaila Surname
Approximately 357 people bear this surname
Uwaila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 354 | 1:500,403 | 24,988 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Uwaila (2,311) may also be a first name.
Uwaila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uwaila Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Uwaila has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Uwaila? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 790,102nd most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 20,413,294 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Uwaila reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Uwaila is also the 154,937th most widespread first name globally, borne by 2,311 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 354 people, or 1 in 500,403. In Nigeria Uwaila is mostly found in: Edo, where 68 percent reside, Lagos, where 7 percent reside and Ondo, where 6 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent reside and Ireland, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Uwaila
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