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
Uwaila is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Uwaila.
How Common Is The Last Name Uwaila? popularity and diffusion
The last name Uwaila is the 790,102nd most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 20,413,294 people. Uwaila is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Uwaila reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 154,937th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 2,311 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 354 people, or 1 in 500,403. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Edo, where 68 percent live, Lagos, where 7 percent live and Ondo, where 6 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent live and Ireland, where 0 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 Uwaila
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