Uwala Surname
Approximately 271 people bear this surname
Uwala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 247 | 1:717,177 | 32,914 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Uwala (110) may also be a first name.
Uwala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uwala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Uwala is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Uwala click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Uwala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 961,438th most frequent surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 26,891,313 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Uwala are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Uwala is also the 895,203rd most common first name globally, held by 110 people.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 247 people, or 1 in 717,177. In Nigeria Uwala is primarily found in: Ebonyi, where 17 percent reside, Ogun, where 15 percent reside and Ondo, where 12 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside and India, where 1 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 Uwala
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