Ugana Surname
Approximately 435 people bear this surname
Ugana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 316 | 1:560,578 | 27,255 |
| India | 41 | 1:18,708,912 | 282,725 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Japan | 20 | 1:6,392,215 | 41,807 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
The alternate forms: Ugaña (1) are calculated separately.
Ugana (949) may also be a first name.
Ugana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ugana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ugana (Hindi: उगना, Marathi: ज़ूगना) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be found as: Ugaña. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ugana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 683,026th most commonly held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 16,752,979 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Ugana are found; 73 percent are found in West Africa and 73 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ugana is also the 262,241st most frequent first name in the world It is held by 949 people.
Ugana is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 316 people, or 1 in 560,578. In Nigeria Ugana is most common in: Akwa Ibom, where 29 percent are found, Cross River, where 27 percent are found and Benue, where 18 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in India, where 9 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ugana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ugana in the Marathi language | ||
| ज़ूगना | zugana | - |
| Ugana in the Hindi language | ||
| उगना | ugana | 78.86 |
| उगाना | ugana | 4.88 |
| उगाणा | ugana | 0.81 |
| उगमा | ugama | 0.81 |
| ऊगना | ugana | 0.81 |
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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 Ugana
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