Uwave Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Uwave Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
Uwave (10) may also be a first name.
Uwave Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uwave Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Uwave occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Uwave.
How Common Is The Last Name Uwave? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,957,383rd most frequently used last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name Uwave occurs mostly in Oceania, where 60 percent of Uwave are found; 60 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 60 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Uwave is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 10 people.
The surname Uwave is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea Uwave is most common in: Eastern Highlands, where 93 percent live and Central, where 7 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 40 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 Uwave
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