Uwana Surname
Approximately 789 people bear this surname
Uwana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 753 | 1:235,249 | 13,711 |
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Uwana (6,669) may also be a first name.
Uwana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uwana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Uwana occurs most in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Uwana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Uwana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 435,329th most common surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 9,236,433 people. The surname Uwana occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Uwana reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 80,069th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 6,669 people.
The last name Uwana is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 753 people, or 1 in 235,249. In Nigeria Uwana is most common in: Akwa Ibom, where 47 percent reside, Cross River, where 27 percent reside and Rivers, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside and The DR Congo, 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 Uwana
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