Uwando Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Uwando Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Uwando Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria181:9,841,264197,192
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458

Uwando Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Uwando Come From? nationality or country of origin

Uwando occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Uwando.

How Common Is The Last Name Uwando? popularity and diffusion

The last name Uwando is the 4,307,654th most widely held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Uwando live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria Uwando is most frequent in: Benue, where 33 percent reside, Rivers, where 28 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 17 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ouwando921/
Ubando833,301/
Uwondo83244/
Uvando8345/
Owando8329/
Uwanda839/
Iwando832/
Guwondo7732/
Owandho7711/
Ouvando778/
Huvando773/
Huwanda772/
Hubando771/
Ubaundo771/
Owandoh771/
Uswandap7113/
Oubandou712/
Gouwanda711/
Owondo67503/
Iwanda67253/
Uwonda67185/
Owanda67158/
Ubanda67109/
Iwondo6798/
Ivando6737/
Uvondo674/
Uvendo670/

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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 Uwando
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