Uwak Surname
Approximately 2,230 people bear this surname
Uwak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,983 | 1:89,331 | 6,236 |
| Peru | 229 | 1:138,795 | 7,661 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Uwak (378) may also be a first name.
Uwak Demographics
Average Uwak Salary in
Peru
S/. 8,456
Per year
Average Salary in
Peru
S/. 19,385
Per year
Uwak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uwak Come From? nationality or country of origin
Uwak has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Uwak.
How Common Is The Last Name Uwak? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 189,430th most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 3,267,958 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Uwak live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Uwak is also the 446,161st most frequent first name in the world, borne by 378 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,983 people, or 1 in 89,331. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Akwa Ibom, where 80 percent live, Cross River, where 5 percent live and Lagos, where 5 percent live. Not including Nigeria Uwak exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Peru, where 10 percent live and Indonesia, where 0 percent live.
Uwak Last Name Statistics demography
Uwak earn less than half the average income. In Peru they earn 56.38% less than the national average, earning S/. 8,456 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uwake | 89 | 52 | / |
| Auwak | 89 | 39 | / |
| Uwaik | 89 | 26 | / |
| Uswak | 89 | 21 | / |
| Uwuak | 89 | 2 | / |
| Uwask | 89 | 1 | / |
| Uwack | 89 | 1 | / |
| Uwaike | 80 | 15 | / |
| Huwake | 80 | 7 | / |
| Uwauke | 80 | 4 | / |
| Auwake | 80 | 2 | / |
| Uwacke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Owak | 75 | 382 | / |
| Iwak | 75 | 89 | / |
| Uwok | 75 | 75 | / |
| Uwag | 75 | 33 | / |
| Uvak | 75 | 6 | / |
| Huwaydk | 73 | 153 | / |
| Uwaikhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Houwake | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hubak | 67 | 364 | / |
| Uivak | 67 | 98 | / |
| Uwoke | 67 | 22 | / |
| Uback | 67 | 18 | / |
| Uwagh | 67 | 13 | / |
| Howak | 67 | 12 | / |
| Auswacks | 67 | 9 | / |
| Uvake | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ujwok | 67 | 6 | / |
| Oubak | 67 | 5 | / |
| Usvak | 67 | 4 | / |
| Jiwak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ubeak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iwack | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ujuak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Huvak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iewak | 67 | 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
- 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 Uwak
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis