Ukeanya Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Ukeanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 154 | 1:1,150,278 | 47,013 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Ukeanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ukeanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ukeanya occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Ukeanya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ukeanya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,403,590th most commonly held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ukeanya live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Ukeanya is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 154 people, or 1 in 1,150,278. In Nigeria it is most common in: Enugu, where 88 percent live, Lagos, where 5 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 3 percent live. Not including Nigeria Ukeanya exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukenya | 92 | 549 | / |
| Ukanya | 92 | 66 | / |
| Okeanya | 86 | 115 | / |
| Eukanya | 86 | 27 | / |
| Ukuenya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gukenya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ukainya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ukaenya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ucheanya | 80 | 13 | / |
| Gukuenya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ukawenya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okanya | 77 | 5,993 | / |
| Okenya | 77 | 453 | / |
| Ukanja | 77 | 6 | / |
| Okeinya | 71 | 25 | / |
| Hokanya | 71 | 24 | / |
| Okhanya | 71 | 3 | / |
| Okaanya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Okainya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Okienya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Okannya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okeania | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eukania | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ukanijay | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ucheinya | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Ukeanya
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