Uwotu Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Uwotu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
Uwotu (33) may also be a first name.
Uwotu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uwotu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Uwotu is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Uwotu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,882,373rd most commonly held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname Uwotu occurs mostly in Africa, where 65 percent of Uwotu live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequent first name globally, held by 33 people.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria Uwotu is most common in: Edo, where 53 percent are found, Rivers, where 29 percent are found and Lagos, where 6 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in England, where 35 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uwhotu | 91 | 21 | / |
| Iwotu | 80 | 88 | / |
| Owotu | 80 | 56 | / |
| Uwatu | 80 | 10 | / |
| Uwetu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Owhotu | 73 | 79 | / |
| Iwhotu | 73 | 11 | / |
| Uwhetu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ouwutu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Owotou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iwoteu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owothu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hiwotu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owottu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owoutou | 67 | 406 | / |
| Ushuotu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hauwatu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guhwatu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouwatou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouboutou | 62 | 37 | / |
| Ouswatou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Houbotou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ubatu | 60 | 179 | / |
| Owutu | 60 | 134 | / |
| Iwatu | 60 | 45 | / |
| Ubutu | 60 | 4 | / |
| Owatu | 60 | 3 | / |
| Iwetu | 60 | 2 | / |
| Owhutu | 55 | 33 | / |
| Ujuatu | 55 | 4 | / |
| Iwuatu | 55 | 3 | / |
| Ubattu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Owuatuh | 50 | 6 | / |
| Oubatou | 50 | 2 | / |
| Ubahatu | 50 | 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
- 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 Uwotu
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