Udegwe Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Udegwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Udegwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Udegwe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Udegwe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Udegwe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Udegwe? popularity and diffusion

Udegwe is the 5,213,395th most commonly held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. Udegwe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Udegwe live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 13,626,366. In Nigeria Udegwe is most numerous in: Delta, where 85 percent reside, Enugu, where 8 percent reside and Rivers, where 8 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Udeigwe92619/
Udiegwe926/
Udeigwie861/
Udekwe831,835/
Udegbe831,082/
Udigwe83393/
Odegwe838/
Idegwe836/
Udagwe833/
Udeagw833/
Udogwe832/
Udoigwe7734/
Udeakwe7720/
Udaigwe7712/
Uduigwe7710/
Udeekwe777/
Udoekwe776/
Odiegwe775/
Udekwue774/
Udeigbe774/
Udeukwe773/
Udeegbe772/
Udehkwe771/
Oudegue771/
Udiekwe771/
Oudegbe771/
Hodegwe771/
Uudigwe771/
Odeigwe771/
Udogwue771/
Houdegbe71358/
Gudeguhe711/
Odigwe674,084/
Udokwe6752/
Odegwa6726/
Odegue6716/
Udekwa6713/
Odekwe6712/
Udikwe676/
Idekwe673/
Idigwe673/
Idagwe673/
Idegwy671/
Idogwe671/
Udiqwe671/

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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 Udegwe
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