Ugba Surname
Approximately 3,651 people bear this surname
Ugba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,574 | 1:49,564 | 3,802 |
| Cameroon | 61 | 1:340,477 | 30,746 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Ugba (347) may also be a first name.
Ugba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ugba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ugba occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ugba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ugba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ugba is the 124,792nd most commonly held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,996,041 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ugba live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 468,121st most widely held first name at a global level, held by 347 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3,574 people, or 1 in 49,564. In Nigeria Ugba is most common in: Benue, where 71 percent live, Nasarawa, where 4 percent live and Taraba, where 3 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 2 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
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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 Ugba
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