Uwele Surname
Approximately 219 people bear this surname
Uwele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 127 | 1:416,863 | 29,360 |
| Nigeria | 90 | 1:1,968,253 | 69,534 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Uwele (11) may also be a first name.
Uwele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uwele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Uwele is most common in Tanzania. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Uwele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,111,382nd most frequent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 33,276,465 people. Uwele is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Uwele live; 58 percent live in East Africa and 58 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Uwele is also the 3,487,849th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 11 people.
Uwele is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 127 people, or 1 in 416,863. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Tabora Region, where 98 percent live, Katavi Region, where 1 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 1 percent live. Aside from Tanzania it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 41 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 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 Uwele
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