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
The surname Uwana is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Uwana? popularity and diffusion
Uwana is the 435,329th most prevalent last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 9,236,433 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Uwana are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Uwana is also the 80,069th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 6,669 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 753 people, or 1 in 235,249. In Nigeria Uwana is primarily concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 47 percent live, Cross River, where 27 percent live and Rivers, where 6 percent live. Beside Nigeria Uwana occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
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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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