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 found most in Nigeria. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ukanga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ukanga is the 607,405th most widely held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 14,289,306 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ukanga live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most prevalent forename world-wide, borne by 19 people.
The last name Ukanga is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 375 people, or 1 in 472,381. In Nigeria Ukanga is primarily concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 80 percent live, Cross River, where 6 percent live and Delta, where 4 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 24 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.
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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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