Uys Surname
Approximately 12,687 people bear this surname
Uys Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 11,736 | 1:4,616 | 589 |
| Australia | 353 | 1:76,475 | 8,947 |
| England | 142 | 1:392,381 | 27,229 |
| United States | 115 | 1:3,151,817 | 182,069 |
| Zimbabwe | 62 | 1:249,004 | 26,834 |
| New Zealand | 61 | 1:74,235 | 10,965 |
| Namibia | 61 | 1:39,498 | 5,347 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Canada | 21 | 1:1,754,552 | 114,935 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Swaziland | 9 | 1:144,244 | 719 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 8 | 1:6,822 | 652 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
Uys (150) may also be a first name.
Uys Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
“Fighter”. Originally “Huys”. From Belgium.
User-submitted Reference
Uys is the surname of a Afrikaner family that played a significant military and political role in Boer history during the nineteenth century and who made distinguished contributions to South African culture, politics and sports during the course of the twentieth.
- chanelschutteUys Demographics
Average Male Uys Height
176.6 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Uys Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uys Come From? nationality or country of origin
Uys (Russian: Уйс) occurs most in South Africa. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Uys click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Uys? popularity and diffusion
Uys is the 41,206th most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 574,410 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Uys live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Uys is also the 752,187th most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 150 people.
Uys is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 11,736 people, or 1 in 4,616. In South Africa Uys is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 32 percent reside, Western Cape, where 27 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 10 percent reside. Outside of South Africa it exists in 51 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 3 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Uys Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Uys last name are 37.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 84% registered with the party.
The amount Uys earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 68.24% more than the national average, earning R 399,792 per year and in United States they earn 16.87% more than the national average, earning $50,427 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huys | 86 | 3,977 | / |
| Uyas | 86 | 254 | / |
| Uyis | 86 | 10 | / |
| Uyes | 86 | 9 | / |
| Uyse | 86 | 3 | / |
| Euys | 86 | 3 | / |
| Uiys | 86 | 3 | / |
| Uoys | 86 | 2 | / |
| Uyds | 86 | 2 | / |
| Uyos | 86 | 1 | / |
| Uyhs | 86 | 1 | / |
| Uyjs | 86 | 1 | / |
| Uysc | 86 | 1 | / |
| Uysh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Uysx | 86 | 1 | / |
| Uyts | 86 | 1 | / |
| Auys | 86 | 1 | / |
| Uy | 80 | 74,069 | / |
| Us | 80 | 42,844 | / |
| Ys | 80 | 8,392 | / |
| Huyse | 75 | 182 | / |
| Huyts | 75 | 100 | / |
| Huyst | 75 | 38 | / |
| Huhys | 75 | 16 | / |
| Huyos | 75 | 15 | / |
| Uyoss | 75 | 3 | / |
| Huyes | 75 | 2 | / |
| Uyesh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ouyas | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ouyes | 75 | 1 | / |
| Huyds | 75 | 1 | / |
| Auyos | 75 | 1 | / |
| Auyes | 75 | 1 | / |
| Uiyse | 75 | 1 | / |
| Uytds | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hauys | 75 | 0 | / |
| Huy | 67 | 169,619 | / |
| Yes | 67 | 17,931 | / |
| Hus | 67 | 10,545 | / |
| Uya | 67 | 4,128 | / |
| Uyi | 67 | 3,629 | / |
| Uyo | 67 | 3,295 | / |
| Uss | 67 | 3,292 | / |
| Aus | 67 | 2,902 | / |
| Yos | 67 | 2,786 | / |
| Uye | 67 | 2,519 | / |
| Use | 67 | 1,906 | / |
| Gus | 67 | 1,710 | / |
| Hys | 67 | 1,520 | / |
| Ays | 67 | 1,496 | / |
| Uus | 67 | 848 | / |
| Usj | 67 | 809 | / |
| Yis | 67 | 791 | / |
| Ust | 67 | 635 | / |
| Ous | 67 | 549 | / |
| Ues | 67 | 398 | / |
| Ouy | 67 | 279 | / |
| Uyd | 67 | 187 | / |
| Ush | 67 | 168 | / |
| Oys | 67 | 167 | / |
| Huysse | 67 | 148 | / |
| D'Huys | 67 | 105 | / |
| Huydts | 67 | 97 | / |
| Euy | 67 | 96 | / |
| Yst | 67 | 88 | / |
| Eys | 67 | 71 | / |
| Yss | 67 | 69 | / |
| Eus | 67 | 54 | / |
| Yts | 67 | 47 | / |
| Uoy | 67 | 41 | / |
| Ysc | 67 | 41 | / |
| Ysp | 67 | 40 | / |
| Yse | 67 | 35 | / |
| Auy | 67 | 34 | / |
| Uuy | 67 | 27 | / |
| Uhs | 67 | 26 | / |
| Usz | 67 | 23 | / |
| Ysh | 67 | 22 | / |
| Usd | 67 | 19 | / |
| Uis | 67 | 16 | / |
| Uyy | 67 | 16 | / |
| Huyshe | 67 | 14 | / |
| Ujs | 67 | 14 | / |
| Ouysse | 67 | 13 | / |
| Uyh | 67 | 13 | / |
| Uyj | 67 | 10 | / |
| Usx | 67 | 10 | / |
| Uiy | 67 | 9 | / |
| Usc | 67 | 9 | / |
| Uzs | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ysz | 67 | 8 | / |
| Uyc | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ujy | 67 | 7 | / |
| Yzs | 67 | 7 | / |
| Uyoose | 67 | 6 | / |
| Houyes | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ysx | 67 | 6 | / |
| Auyash | 67 | 5 | / |
| Jys | 67 | 5 | / |
| Yhs | 67 | 5 | / |
| Uyz | 67 | 5 | / |
| Uxs | 67 | 5 | / |
| Usp | 67 | 4 | / |
| Uyt | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yjs | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yds | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ysj | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ysd | 67 | 3 | / |
| Uyx | 67 | 2 | / |
| Houyos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yås | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uhy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uyp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yxs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Huyhes | 67 | 0 | / |
Uys Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Uys in the Russian language | ||
| Уйс | ujs | - |
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