Uwaye Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Uwaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 46 | 1:3,850,930 | 110,272 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Uwaye (119) may also be a first name.
Uwaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uwaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Uwaye occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Uwaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Uwaye is the 2,843,861st most frequently occurring surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name Uwaye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Uwaye reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 856,040th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 119 people.
Uwaye is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 3,850,930. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Edo, where 48 percent live, Delta, where 24 percent live and Lagos, where 9 percent live. Beside Nigeria Uwaye exists in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uwaiye | 91 | 17 | / |
| Guwaye | 91 | 8 | / |
| Uwayie | 91 | 2 | / |
| Uwayei | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ouwaye | 91 | 1 | / |
| Uway | 89 | 335 | / |
| Hauwaye | 83 | 1 | / |
| Uwayo | 80 | 20,206 | / |
| Uwaya | 80 | 2,517 | / |
| Uwaje | 80 | 602 | / |
| Iwaye | 80 | 395 | / |
| Owaye | 80 | 152 | / |
| Ubaye | 80 | 71 | / |
| Uwoye | 80 | 64 | / |
| Uweye | 80 | 63 | / |
| Guway | 80 | 55 | / |
| Huway | 80 | 29 | / |
| Uwayi | 80 | 9 | / |
| Guwae | 80 | 6 | / |
| Uwawe | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ouway | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ouwae | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ueway | 80 | 1 | / |
| Euwae | 80 | 1 | / |
| Uyway | 80 | 1 | / |
| Uwaie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Euway | 80 | 1 | / |
| Uwaay | 80 | 1 | / |
| Uwajeh | 73 | 372 | / |
| Owaiye | 73 | 245 | / |
| Uwayah | 73 | 93 | / |
| Uwajie | 73 | 71 | / |
| Uwajei | 73 | 39 | / |
| Hauway | 73 | 30 | / |
| Huwaya | 73 | 19 | / |
| Oubaye | 73 | 18 | / |
| Uwaeyi | 73 | 11 | / |
| Huwayt | 73 | 9 | / |
| Uywayi | 73 | 5 | / |
| Uywaya | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ouwaje | 73 | 3 | / |
| Oowaye | 73 | 3 | / |
| Uwahei | 73 | 3 | / |
| Huweae | 73 | 3 | / |
| Uwujye | 73 | 3 | / |
| Uwajae | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ouweye | 73 | 2 | / |
| Uwahay | 73 | 2 | / |
| Houway | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uwgayi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gauway | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uwahwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Huwawe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uwayid | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uwaaje | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ubaiye | 73 | 1 | / |
| Guweye | 73 | 1 | / |
| Auwayh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Auwaya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uswaya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ubhaye | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ouwayo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hiwaye | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hubaye | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uwyyed | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ubay | 67 | 5,089 | / |
| Iway | 67 | 1,190 | / |
| Oway | 67 | 332 | / |
| Uwai | 67 | 234 | / |
| Uwei | 67 | 176 | / |
| Uwau | 67 | 92 | / |
| Uvay | 67 | 36 | / |
| Uwea | 67 | 25 | / |
| Uvae | 67 | 19 | / |
| Uwaa | 67 | 17 | / |
| Uwey | 67 | 8 | / |
| Uweyeha | 67 | 5 | / |
| Houbaye | 67 | 5 | / |
| Huwayad | 67 | 4 | / |
| Owaaiye | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ubhaiye | 67 | 3 | / |
| Uwuahyo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uswuayi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Auwaiei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uwejeye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uwayaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uwaihyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Auwaied | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uweu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Uwaye
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