Uwambe Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Uwambe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Tanzania | 12 | 1:4,411,801 | 54,433 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
Uwambe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uwambe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Uwambe is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Uwambe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,100,440th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. Uwambe is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Uwambe live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Uwambe is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria Uwambe is most numerous in: Bauchi, where 95 percent reside and Rivers, where 5 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Uwambe is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 30 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iwambe | 83 | 749 | / |
| Uvambe | 83 | 397 | / |
| Uwembe | 83 | 176 | / |
| Uwamba | 83 | 27 | / |
| Owambe | 83 | 6 | / |
| Ubambe | 83 | 4 | / |
| Uwambi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Iwambeh | 77 | 17 | / |
| Iwuambe | 77 | 5 | / |
| Uweamba | 77 | 4 | / |
| Iwambee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Uhuambe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Iwanmbe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Iwuambeh | 71 | 4 | / |
| Uwanbije | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owamba | 67 | 775 | / |
| Ivambe | 67 | 86 | / |
| Owambi | 67 | 55 | / |
| Iwanbe | 67 | 28 | / |
| Iwambi | 67 | 21 | / |
| Uwanba | 67 | 7 | / |
| Uwanbi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uwanbajhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iwombe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iwembe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uvembe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owanbe | 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
- 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 Uwambe
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