Uwakwem Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Uwakwem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 67 | 1:2,643,922 | 85,652 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Uwakwem (10) may also be a first name.
Uwakwem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uwakwem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Uwakwem is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Uwakwem? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,273,756th most frequently held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. Uwakwem occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Uwakwem reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Uwakwem is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 10 people.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 2,643,922. In Nigeria Uwakwem is most frequent in: Federal Capital Territory, where 24 percent are found, Abia, where 21 percent are found and Enugu, where 15 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Uwakwem
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