Ugbam Surname

1,276,805th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 179 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ugbam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ugbam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1761:1,006,49342,496
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Ugbam (14) may also be a first name.

Ugbam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ugbam is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ugbam.

How Common Is The Last Name Ugbam? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ugbam is the 1,276,805th most numerous surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 40,712,547 people. The last name Ugbam occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ugbam live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 14 people.

Ugbam is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 176 people, or 1 in 1,006,493. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 72 percent are found, Abia, where 6 percent are found and Enugu, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and China, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ugbame913/
Ugbeam911/
Hugbam911/
Ugbaham831/
Ugban80320/
Igbam8094/
Ogbam8042/
Ugbom8041/
Ugwam801/
Ugbome731,204/
Ugbang73605/
Ugbane7383/
Ugbaun7316/
Ungban739/
Ugbomg731/
Ugbain731/
Haughbaum710/
Ugbomhe6741/
Ungwaum674/
Gugguam671/
Ugbuome671/
Gouguam671/
Ugbhane671/
Augbome671/

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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 Ugbam
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