Uwaka Surname
Approximately 642 people bear this surname
Uwaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 532 | 1:332,975 | 18,161 |
| Indonesia | 93 | 1:1,422,034 | 96,891 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Uwaka (62) may also be a first name.
Uwaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uwaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Uwaka occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Uwaka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Uwaka? popularity and diffusion
The last name Uwaka is the 509,669th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 11,351,318 people. The last name Uwaka is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Uwaka reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Uwaka is also the 1,246,114th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 62 people.
The last name Uwaka is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 532 people, or 1 in 332,975. In Nigeria Uwaka is most frequent in: Abia, where 42 percent are found, Ebonyi, where 12 percent are found and Lagos, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uwakah | 91 | 40 | / |
| Uwaeka | 91 | 8 | / |
| Uwaaka | 91 | 3 | / |
| Uweaka | 91 | 3 | / |
| Uwauka | 91 | 1 | / |
| Uwuaka | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ujwaka | 91 | 1 | / |
| Auwakea | 83 | 35 | / |
| Uwaakaa | 83 | 6 | / |
| Owaka | 80 | 1,591 | / |
| Iwaka | 80 | 653 | / |
| Uweka | 80 | 260 | / |
| Uvaka | 80 | 189 | / |
| Uwaki | 80 | 152 | / |
| Uwako | 80 | 53 | / |
| Uwake | 80 | 52 | / |
| Uwoka | 80 | 19 | / |
| Uwaca | 80 | 12 | / |
| Ouwwayka | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ubakah | 73 | 125 | / |
| Iwakai | 73 | 116 | / |
| Iwakah | 73 | 63 | / |
| Owuaka | 73 | 43 | / |
| Owakai | 73 | 27 | / |
| Uhweka | 73 | 16 | / |
| Uwaike | 73 | 15 | / |
| Hiwaka | 73 | 14 | / |
| Auwako | 73 | 12 | / |
| Huwake | 73 | 7 | / |
| Uvakay | 73 | 7 | / |
| Auwaki | 73 | 6 | / |
| Uwauke | 73 | 4 | / |
| Jiwaka | 73 | 4 | / |
| Uwauko | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ihwaka | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ihuaka | 73 | 4 | / |
| Iweaka | 73 | 3 | / |
| Oweaka | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ujwoka | 73 | 3 | / |
| Owakha | 73 | 3 | / |
| Uwaski | 73 | 3 | / |
| Auwake | 73 | 2 | / |
| Iwuaka | 73 | 2 | / |
| Iwakha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uweeka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Auweka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uwacke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ouvaka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hubaka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Howaka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uhuaka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uyuaka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uwakie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ubaika | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ihwakaa | 67 | 329 | / |
| Hubacka | 67 | 33 | / |
| Owakuha | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ubaikah | 67 | 21 | / |
| Uchuaka | 67 | 15 | / |
| Ihuakaa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Jiwuaka | 67 | 5 | / |
| Uvakaus | 67 | 4 | / |
| Oubakka | 67 | 3 | / |
| Oohwaka | 67 | 3 | / |
| Houwake | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uivakay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ubakhai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uwaukot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uwaakoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouwakge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guwaiko | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uwaachi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uwaikhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uhweika | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uvadkat | 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
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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 Uwaka
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