Ukel Surname
Approximately 99 people bear this surname
Ukel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 79 | 1:2,242,313 | 76,227 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ukel (354) may also be a first name.
Ukel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ukel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ukel (Bengali: উকেল, Hindi: उकेल, Russian: Укель) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ukel? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,860,621st most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Ukel are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ukel is also the 463,079th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 354 people.
Ukel is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 2,242,313. In Nigeria Ukel is primarily found in: Rivers, where 46 percent live, Cross River, where 34 percent live and Benue, where 8 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent live and Indonesia, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ukel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ukel in the Bengali language | ||
| উকেল | ukela | - |
| Ukel in the Hindi language | ||
| उकेल | ukela | - |
| Ukel in the Russian language | ||
| Укель | ukel | - |
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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
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- 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 Ukel
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