Uwasa Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Uwasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Uwasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uwasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Uwasa occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Uwasa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Uwasa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,909,720th most common surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname Uwasa is predominantly found in Africa, where 47 percent of Uwasa are found; 42 percent are found in East Africa and 42 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Uganda, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 2,168,849. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Masindi District, where 50 percent live, Hoima District, where 39 percent live and Buliisa District, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Uganda this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 22 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 20 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 Uwasa
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