Uwayesu Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Uwayesu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 48 | 1:813,318 | 38,363 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Rwanda | 9 | 1:1,262,775 | 2,632 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
Uwayesu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uwayesu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Uwayesu occurs most in Uganda. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Uwayesu.
How Common Is The Last Name Uwayesu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,047,559th most numerous surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Uwayesu reside; 69 percent reside in East Africa and 69 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Uwayesu is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 813,318. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Kisoro District, where 23 percent reside, Kampala District, where 21 percent reside and Kyankwanzi District, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Uganda this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 25 percent reside and Rwanda, where 11 percent reside.
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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 Uwayesu
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