Ugorji Surname

43,964th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,819 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ugorji Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ugorji Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria11,4801:15,4311,511
United States1971:1,839,893120,150
England651:857,20145,134
Ireland131:362,22614,761
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Cape Verde51:105,9283,425
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
France11:66,422,722504,397
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belize11:355,4743,977

Ugorji (651) may also be a first name.

Ugorji Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ugorji occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ugorji? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 43,964th most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 616,596 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ugorji live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 325,541st most numerous first name on earth It is held by 651 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 11,480 people, or 1 in 15,431. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Abia, where 40 percent live, Rivers, where 14 percent live and Lagos, where 13 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Ugorji is found in 28 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Ugorji Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ugorji surname are 33.73% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 86.96% being registered with the political party.

The amount Ugorji earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 69.85% less than the national average, earning R 71,640 per year and in United States they earn 32.71% more than the national average, earning $57,265 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ugoriji9219/
Ugoorji9215/
Ugorjih9212/
Ugorjij922/
Ugoirji921/
Ugojrji921/
Ugorjio921/
Ugorrji921/
Ugorgi83123/
Ugorie8382/
Igorji8371/
Ogorji8337/
Ugurji837/
Ugorje833/
Ugarji833/
Ugorzi831/
Ugorja831/
Ugorjy831/
Ogoriji773/
Ugorchi771/
Ogoorji771/
Ugerjiy771/
Ugarijiy713/
Ogorie6715/
Ighorojie6714/
Ogurji671/
Ugarie671/
Ogarji671/
Ogorje671/
Ugorge671/

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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 Ugorji
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