Ughegbu Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ughegbu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ughegbu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria331:5,367,962136,856
England11:55,718,059489,080

Ughegbu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ughegbu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ughegbu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,373,373rd most common surname internationally, held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ughegbu reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 5,367,962. In Nigeria Ughegbu is most frequent in: Abia, where 67 percent are found, Benue, where 12 percent are found and Ogun, where 9 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ugegbu921/
Ugoegbu8618/
Uguegbu8612/
Ughegwu867/
Ugaegbu867/
Ukgegbu862/
Ungegbu862/
Ugiegbu861/
Oghiegbu801/
Ogegbu7767/
Ugogbu7724/
Igegbu7711/
Ogegwu622/
Ogiegwu571/

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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 Ughegbu
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