Uwale Surname
Approximately 135 people bear this surname
Uwale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 108 | 1:1,640,211 | 60,875 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
Uwale (1,201) may also be a first name.
Uwale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uwale Come From? nationality or country of origin
Uwale (Marathi: उवले) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Uwale.
How Common Is The Last Name Uwale? popularity and diffusion
Uwale is the 1,537,949th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 53,981,822 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Uwale live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 228,576th most commonly held given name at a global level, held by 1,201 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 1,640,211. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 49 percent reside, Zamfara, where 12 percent reside and Kano, where 8 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 16 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Uwale Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Uwale in the Marathi language | ||
| उवले | uvale | - |
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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 Uwale
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