Ugela Surname
Approximately 190 people bear this surname
Ugela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 180 | 1:984,126 | 41,775 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
Ugela (19) may also be a first name.
Ugela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ugela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ugela is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ugela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ugela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,227,038th most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 38,355,505 people. Ugela occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Ugela live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most common given name worldwide, held by 19 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 180 people, or 1 in 984,126. In Nigeria Ugela is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 79 percent are found, Rivers, where 9 percent are found and Edo, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Ugela
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