Uguma Surname

708,658th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 414 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Uguma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Uguma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3861:458,91923,339
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Uguma (92) may also be a first name.

Uguma Last Name Facts

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

Uguma is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Uguma? popularity and diffusion

Uguma is the 708,658th most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 17,602,768 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Uguma live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 992,070th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 92 people.

This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 386 people, or 1 in 458,919. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Cross River, where 55 percent are found, Benue, where 19 percent are found and Taraba, where 10 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 4 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Guguma9116/
Huguma918/
Unguma911/
Augusma83360/
Hunguma8335/
Ougouma832/
Gouguma831/
Augumad831/
Gugumea831/
Ougumat831/
Ugumatt830/
Oguma8031,141/
Iguma802,121/
Ugoma80348/
Ugumo808/
Ugume802/
Gougouma77925/
Augusmat7712/
Ougoumay774/
Hougouma772/
Higuma731,155/
Igumah73428/
Oghuma73382/
Ogouma73290/
Ugomma7386/
Ogumma7321/
Gugumi7318/
Ougume7314/
Ungumi738/
Hugume734/
Gugume733/
Gugumo733/
Ugooma733/
Igumha733/
Igumay733/
Ogumha732/
Ogauma732/
Ogumaa731/
Hugumo731/
Jiguma731/
Ighuma731/
Ugumie731/
Ugumyi731/
Uegima731/
Igumma731/
Ughume731/
Ughoma731/
Hoguma730/
Ougoummad714/
Gougoumma712/
Augusme67141/
Haugumi6732/
Augoume6723/
Augumes679/
Ogoumah676/
Hugumis673/
Gaugumi672/
Auggima671/
Oghouma671/
Eungumo671/
Ughomah671/
Ogoumma671/
Hugumoh671/
Oguuhma671/

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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 Uguma
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