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 found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Uwambe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,100,440th most commonly used surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Uwambe live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Bauchi, where 95 percent reside and Rivers, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname 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
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- 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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