Ugwuu Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Ugwuu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Ugwuu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ugwuu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ugwuu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ugwuu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,427,875th most common last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Ugwuu live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Ugwuu is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria Ugwuu is primarily concentrated in: Enugu, where 63 percent live, Abia, where 19 percent live and Bayelsa, where 6 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ugwu | 89 | 310,898 | / |
| Ugwuh | 80 | 92 | / |
| Eugwu | 80 | 24 | / |
| Ugwue | 80 | 21 | / |
| Uugwu | 80 | 13 | / |
| Ughwu | 80 | 12 | / |
| Augwu | 80 | 12 | / |
| Ugwui | 80 | 6 | / |
| Uegwu | 80 | 5 | / |
| Uigwu | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ugweu | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ugwau | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ougwu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ugwwu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ugwus | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ukwuu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ugueu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Uhgwu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ugwou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ugkwu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ugwgu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ugcwu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Uguou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ougueu | 73 | 55 | / |
| Aungwu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ugwuch | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ugwuha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oungwu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ugwuhh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eugwuz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ogwu | 67 | 19,540 | / |
| Ukwu | 67 | 5,010 | / |
| Ugbu | 67 | 888 | / |
| Igwu | 67 | 496 | / |
| Ugwuije | 67 | 10 | / |
| Uhiegwu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ugwuooo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Uqwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heugueu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hougueu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ugwouha | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ugwuu
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