Ugwuaku Surname

1,511,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 138 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ugwuaku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ugwuaku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1371:1,293,01351,317
England11:55,718,059489,080

Ugwuaku Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ugwuaku has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ugwuaku click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ugwuaku? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,511,557th most commonly held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. Ugwuaku occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ugwuaku live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 137 people, or 1 in 1,293,013. In Nigeria Ugwuaku is mostly found in: Enugu, where 42 percent reside, Kaduna, where 11 percent reside and Plateau, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ukwuaku8659/
Ugwuoku8610/
Ugwuokeu801/
Igwaku779/
Ukuaku772/
Oguaku771/
Ugwoku771/
Igwuoku7191/
Okwuaku7141/
Ieguaku711/
Igwoku62229/
Ikwaku6220/
Ogwoku624/
Okwaku622/
Okuaku622/
Okwakau57203/
Okwuoku571/

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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 Ugwuaku
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis