Ufeli Surname

701,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 420 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ufeli Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ufeli Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4081:434,17322,377
England91:6,190,895170,599
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Ufeli (254) may also be a first name.

Ufeli Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ufeli is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ufeli? popularity and diffusion

Ufeli is the 701,000th most prevalent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 17,351,300 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ufeli are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 559,024th most frequently used forename world-wide. It is borne by 254 people.

This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 408 people, or 1 in 434,173. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Delta, where 64 percent reside, Lagos, where 11 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Ufeli occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ufelia911/
Uffelie8317/
Eufelia833/
Husfeli832/
Huefeli830/
Ifeli801,401/
Ufele80253/
Ufili8064/
Ufela8048/
Ufali8028/
Ufoli808/
Oefeli7332/
Ufoili739/
Oufela736/
Upfili733/
Ufiele731/
Uffele731/
Uffela730/
Aufeloa677/
Goufili674/
Ouffela673/
Husfely672/
Hufilie671/
Gufaili671/
Aufelya671/
Houfoli671/
Uffilia670/

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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 Ufeli
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