Ugye Surname

728,955th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 398 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ugye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ugye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3971:446,20322,838
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Ugye (54) may also be a first name.

Ugye Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ugye is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ugye? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 728,955th most commonly used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,310,417 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ugye reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,350,955th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 54 people.

Ugye is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 397 people, or 1 in 446,203. In Nigeria Ugye is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 84 percent live, Taraba, where 6 percent live and Kaduna, where 4 percent live. Not including Nigeria Ugye is found in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yugye8944/
Augye8916/
Ugyeh8915/
Hugye8911/
Ugyae894/
Ougye891/
Ugy8611/
Yougye8022/
Awugye801/
Augyie801/
Agye751,312/
Augy75412/
Ugya7511/
Ugyo757/
Ugyi754/
Ougy751/
Eugy751/
Uagy751/
Ugyu751/
Ugyy751/
Uhgy751/
Uwgy751/
Uygy751/
Awugyei731/
Agyei6782,229/
Yugyo6747/
Eagye6715/
Agyie6715/
Agyey6710/
Agyeh675/
Agywe672/
Agyee672/
Oyugy672/
Aagye671/
Ayugy671/
Aougy671/

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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 Ugye
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