Ugwa Surname
Approximately 3,503 people bear this surname
Ugwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,437 | 1:51,540 | 3,956 |
| United States | 36 | 1:10,068,304 | 413,125 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Ugwa (435) may also be a first name.
Ugwa Demographics
Average Ugwa Salary in
United States
$48,211 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ugwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ugwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ugwa occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ugwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 129,213th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 2,080,373 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ugwa live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 411,176th most prevalent forename throughout the world It is held by 435 people.
The surname Ugwa is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3,437 people, or 1 in 51,540. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Abia, where 34 percent live, Enugu, where 22 percent live and Lagos, where 7 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Ugwa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Ugwa surname are 9.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 62.5% registered to vote for the party.
Ugwa earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.73% more than the national average, earning $48,211 USD per year.
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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 Ugwa
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