Ugwaka Surname

1,343,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ugwaka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ugwaka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1601:1,107,14245,738
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ugwaka (18) may also be a first name.

Ugwaka Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ugwaka is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ugwaka? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ugwaka is the 1,343,156th most common surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ugwaka reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most common first name on earth, borne by 18 people.

The last name Ugwaka is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 160 people, or 1 in 1,107,142. In Nigeria Ugwaka is most prevalent in: Enugu, where 48 percent live, Abia, where 24 percent live and Lagos, where 13 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 2 percent live and South Sudan, where 1 percent live.

Ugwaka Last Name Statistics demography

Ugwaka earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 64.13% less than the national average, earning R 85,248 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ugwuaka9213/
Ugwakat921/
Ugwoka8339/
Ukwaka8310/
Ogwaka838/
Ugwake837/
Igwaka832/
Ugweka831/
Igweaka7760/
Ugwuoka7738/
Ugwuako7734/
Ugwuake7724/
Ogwuaka774/
Ugbeaka772/
Ugwueka771/
Ukwuaka771/
Ugwuakyi713/
Igwaakaa711/
Ugbakaay711/
Ugwoke6719,795/
Ogwoka671,021/
Igweka67277/
Okuaka67137/
Oguaka6764/
Ugwoko6759/
Ikwaka6757/
Ukwoka6751/
Ogwaki6722/
Okwaka6718/
Uguoka674/
Ugwoki673/
Ugwace671/
Ugweko671/
Ugwuocaja671/
Ugbaca671/
Ikuaka671/
Ugbaki671/
Ugbako671/
Ukwake671/

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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 Ugwaka
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