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
Ukanga is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ukanga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ukanga is the 607,405th most frequent family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 14,289,306 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ukanga are found; 74 percent are found in West Africa and 74 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 19 people.
The last name Ukanga is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 375 people, or 1 in 472,381. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Akwa Ibom, where 80 percent reside, Cross River, where 6 percent reside and Delta, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname 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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