Ukenya Surname
Approximately 549 people bear this surname
Ukenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 548 | 1:323,253 | 17,758 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Ukenya (84) may also be a first name.
Ukenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ukenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ukenya occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ukenya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ukenya is the 573,706th most numerous surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 13,274,218 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ukenya are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ukenya is also the 1,046,220th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 84 people.
The last name Ukenya is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 548 people, or 1 in 323,253. In Nigeria Ukenya is most frequent in: Benue, where 70 percent are found, Taraba, where 7 percent are found and Lagos, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukeanya | 92 | 155 | / |
| Gukenya | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okenya | 83 | 453 | / |
| Okeanya | 77 | 115 | / |
| Okeinya | 77 | 25 | / |
| Okienya | 77 | 2 | / |
| U'Kenja | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ukeinia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ukainya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eukenia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ucheanya | 71 | 13 | / |
| Ucheinya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ukeineah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okinya | 67 | 221 | / |
| Okenyo | 67 | 75 | / |
| Okenia | 67 | 18 | / |
| Ukenio | 67 | 11 | / |
| Okhenaiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okoinya | 62 | 13 | / |
| Okainya | 62 | 2 | / |
| Okeania | 62 | 1 | / |
| Eukenio | 62 | 1 | / |
| Eukhenio | 57 | 4 | / |
| Houcenia | 57 | 1 | / |
| Okoinyah | 57 | 1 | / |
| Euchenia | 57 | 1 | / |
| Okinyo | 50 | 1,437 | / |
| Ucinia | 50 | 5 | / |
| Okinia | 50 | 2 | / |
| Okinja | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Ukenya
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis