Uwase Surname
Approximately 47,565 people bear this surname
Uwase Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 46,511 | 1:244 | 32 |
| Uganda | 361 | 1:108,142 | 10,617 |
| Kenya | 144 | 1:320,694 | 19,794 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Congo | 120 | 1:41,576 | 3,928 |
| Nigeria | 107 | 1:1,655,540 | 61,311 |
| Belgium | 83 | 1:138,514 | 19,805 |
| United States | 27 | 1:13,424,405 | 494,117 |
| Burundi | 16 | 1:612,803 | 644 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Uwase (6,849) may also be a first name.
Uwase Demographics
Uwase Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Uwase Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uwase Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Uwase is found most frequently in Rwanda. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Uwase click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Uwase? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 11,811th most numerous surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 153,212 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Uwase live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Uwase is also the 78,709th most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 6,849 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Rwanda, where it is carried by 46,511 people, or 1 in 244. Outside of Rwanda Uwase exists in 31 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent are found and Kenya, where 0 percent are found.
Uwase Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Uwase last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Uwase earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 18.21% less than the national average, earning $35,292 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.06% less than the national average, earning $35,741 CAD per year.
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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 Uwase
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