Ukene Surname
Approximately 362 people bear this surname
Ukene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 361 | 1:490,700 | 24,586 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Ukene (102) may also be a first name.
Ukene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ukene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ukene is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ukene? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 781,947th most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 20,131,342 people. The surname Ukene is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ukene are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 935,178th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 102 people.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 361 people, or 1 in 490,700. In Nigeria Ukene is mostly concentrated in: Cross River, where 78 percent reside, Lagos, where 6 percent reside and Akwa Ibom, where 4 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Ukene
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