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 last name Uwase is carried by more people in Rwanda than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Uwase.
How Common Is The Last Name Uwase? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 11,811th most frequent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 153,212 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Uwase reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Uwase is also the 78,709th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 6,849 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Rwanda, where it is borne by 46,511 people, or 1 in 244. Excluding Rwanda Uwase occurs in 31 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent live and Kenya, where 0 percent live.
Uwase Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Uwase surname is primarily 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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