Ukel Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Ukel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ukel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria791:2,242,31376,227
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hukel89223/
Aukel89127/
Eukel8962/
Uckel8944/
Oukel895/
Ukkel895/
Uikel893/
Ukell892/
Ugkel891/
Gukel891/
Ukl8611/
Gaukel80759/
Huckel80575/
Guckel80321/
Auckel8085/
Hukkel808/
Heukel804/
Hukell802/
Oukkel801/
Hukiel801/
Oukeel801/
Aukcel801/
Euckel800/
Haukel800/
Houkel800/
Ukil755,256/
Okel75683/
Ikel75205/
Ucel7517/
Gukl7510/
Oukl752/
Uecl751/
Uklh751/
Uckl751/
Ukyl751/
Uikl751/
Ukll751/
Ukhl751/
Utkl751/
Uykl751/
Uzkl751/
Uhkl750/
Huckell73282/
Hueckel73178/
Heuskel7376/
Huekell732/
Outkelt731/
Houkell731/
Huckiel731/
Heukell730/
Hushkel730/
Gauckel730/
Oukil676,457/
Hikel67797/
Okell67594/
Ockel67370/
Ikoel67332/
Okiel67251/
Hukelová67135/
Iquel67102/
Okkel67101/
Iekel6791/
Uskil6786/
Ikkel6774/
Ikiel6774/
Hokel6767/
Ucael6737/
Hucel6727/
Hukil6723/
Uchel6722/
Jikel6722/
Oekel6721/
Aucel6716/
Aukil6713/
Ickel6713/
Hukelova677/
Oucel674/
Ukkil674/
Auckl673/
Hauckelt673/
Okeel673/
Ikell673/
Gukil673/
Heushkel673/
Gukll671/
Uykil671/
Igkel671/
Ouqel671/
Hükel671/
Ukuul671/
Houkl671/
Okehl671/
Hueckell671/
Ikeel671/
Eucel671/
Euckl671/
Goukl671/
Uykyl671/

Ukel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ukel in the Bengali language
উকেলukela-
Ukel in the Hindi language
उकेलukela-
Ukel in the Russian language
Укельukel-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ukel
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