Ukanga Surname
Approximately 510 people bear this surname
Ukanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 375 | 1:472,381 | 23,815 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ukanga (19) may also be a first name.
Ukanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ukanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ukanga occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ukanga.
How Common Is The Last Name Ukanga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 607,405th most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 14,289,306 people. Ukanga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ukanga reside; 74 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ukanga is also the 2,523,061st most numerous forename globally It is held by 19 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 375 people, or 1 in 472,381. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Akwa Ibom, where 80 percent reside, Cross River, where 6 percent reside and Delta, where 4 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 24 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Ukanga
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