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 surname Ukene is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ukene? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 781,947th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,131,342 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ukene live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 935,178th most frequently held forename on earth It is held by 102 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 361 people, or 1 in 490,700. In Nigeria Ukene is most numerous in: Cross River, where 78 percent live, Lagos, where 6 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 4 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.
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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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