Uwam Surname
Approximately 337 people bear this surname
Uwam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 283 | 1:625,946 | 29,673 |
| Papua New Guinea | 43 | 1:189,621 | 26,314 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Uwam (332) may also be a first name.
Uwam Demographics
Average Uwam Salary in
South Africa
R 690,204
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Uwam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uwam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Uwam is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Uwam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Uwam is the 823,466th most frequent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 21,624,765 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Uwam are found; 84 percent are found in West Africa and 84 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 480,499th most widespread first name globally, borne by 332 people.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 283 people, or 1 in 625,946. In Nigeria Uwam is most frequent in: Rivers, where 26 percent live, Delta, where 19 percent live and Lagos, where 15 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent live and Malaysia, where 2 percent live.
Uwam Last Name Statistics demography
Uwam earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 190.44% more than the national average, earning R 690,204 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uwame | 89 | 145 | / |
| Uswam | 89 | 4 | / |
| Auwam | 89 | 3 | / |
| Uwaam | 89 | 1 | / |
| Uwamm | 89 | 1 | / |
| Uwaham | 80 | 44 | / |
| Uwaume | 80 | 3 | / |
| Auwame | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hauwam | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ubam | 75 | 1,163 | / |
| Uwom | 75 | 612 | / |
| Uwan | 75 | 301 | / |
| Owam | 75 | 163 | / |
| Uvam | 75 | 10 | / |
| Iwam | 75 | 7 | / |
| Houwame | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uwane | 67 | 894 | / |
| Ubham | 67 | 554 | / |
| Auwan | 67 | 147 | / |
| Huwan | 67 | 76 | / |
| Uiwan | 67 | 39 | / |
| Uwuan | 67 | 26 | / |
| Uywan | 67 | 16 | / |
| Uwhan | 67 | 16 | / |
| Uvame | 67 | 15 | / |
| Uhwan | 67 | 9 | / |
| Uvaim | 67 | 7 | / |
| Uvaum | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ubaim | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ubaam | 67 | 6 | / |
| Uwand | 67 | 5 | / |
| Aubam | 67 | 4 | / |
| Iwuam | 67 | 4 | / |
| Uyuam | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hubam | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ubaum | 67 | 3 | / |
| Uwaun | 67 | 3 | / |
| Iweam | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ouwan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Uwank | 67 | 2 | / |
| Guvam | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uwean | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uhuam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iwham | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owaam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Usuam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ujwan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uwann | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iwaim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jiwam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oubam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uvamg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uwain | 67 | 1 | / |
| Auvam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Howam | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Uwam
- 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