Ugbechie Surname

240,075th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,667 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ugbechie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ugbechie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,6401:108,0147,218
England201:2,785,90397,972
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Ugbechie Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ugbechie is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ugbechie? popularity and diffusion

Ugbechie is the 240,075th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 4,371,653 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ugbechie are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Ugbechie is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,640 people, or 1 in 108,014. In Nigeria Ugbechie is primarily found in: Delta, where 58 percent reside, Edo, where 14 percent reside and Lagos, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Ugbechie Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (97%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ugbechi93128/
Ugbeche9395/
Ogbechie881,484/
Ugbechei883/
Ugbeiche882/
Ugbachie882/
Ugboeche881/
Ugbeeshie821/
Igboechie821/
Ogbeche806,692/
Ogbechi80316/
Ugbejie80135/
Igbechi8093/
Ugbochi8050/
Igbeche8029/
Ugbesie8010/
Ugbachi803/
Igboeche75139/
Igboechi7589/
Ogbechei7518/
Ugbacheh7513/
Ogbechiy751/
Ogbeiche751/
Ogbeeche751/
Okuechie751/
Ogbecehe751/
Oggbeche751/
Ugbeje71120/
Ugbeji7175/
Ohugboche7134/
Ugbege7110/
Ogbekhieh711/
Igbochi67113/
Ogbiche67102/
Ugbijeh6753/
Ugbejei6746/
Ogbecha6738/
Igbache6735/
Ugbejeh6726/
Igbachi676/
Ogbichi676/
Ugbisie676/
Hugbeji674/
Ugbejai672/
Igboche672/
Ogbekie671/
Ugbeaje671/

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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 Ugbechie
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