Ukiwo Surname

919,444th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 288 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ukiwo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ukiwo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2831:625,94629,673
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Ukiwo (62) may also be a first name.

Ukiwo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ukiwo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ukiwo is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Ukiwo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ukiwo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 919,444th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 25,303,979 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ukiwo live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ukiwo is also the 1,246,114th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 62 people.

The surname Ukiwo is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 283 people, or 1 in 625,946. In Nigeria Ukiwo is most prevalent in: Abia, where 75 percent reside, Cross River, where 11 percent reside and Delta, where 4 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and China, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ukaiwo9120/
Ukeiwo916/
Ujkiwho831/
Ukiwa80309/
Ukuwo802/
Okiwo801/
Ikiwo801/
Ukiwah7330/
Ukaiwa732/
Ikaiwo731/
Okeiwo731/

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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 Ukiwo
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