Ukanya Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Ukanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 65 | 1:2,725,273 | 87,396 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Ukanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ukanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ukanya occurs most in Nigeria. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ukanya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,352,516th most common family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ukanya live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 2,725,273. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Benue, where 54 percent reside, Enugu, where 23 percent reside and Ondo, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukeanya | 92 | 155 | / |
| Eukanya | 92 | 27 | / |
| Ukainya | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okanya | 83 | 5,993 | / |
| Ukanja | 83 | 6 | / |
| Ukonya | 83 | 3 | / |
| Okeanya | 77 | 115 | / |
| Ukonyah | 77 | 52 | / |
| Hokanya | 77 | 24 | / |
| Okhanya | 77 | 3 | / |
| Okainya | 77 | 2 | / |
| Okaanya | 77 | 2 | / |
| Eukania | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okannya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okaunya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ukangea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ucheanya | 71 | 13 | / |
| Ukanijay | 71 | 4 | / |
| Okonya | 67 | 1,254 | / |
| Okanyo | 67 | 113 | / |
| Ocanya | 67 | 96 | / |
| Okanja | 67 | 29 | / |
| Okania | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ukonyo | 67 | 4 | / |
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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 Ukanya
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