Ukpede Surname

1,422,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ukpede Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ukpede Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1391:1,274,40850,756
United States101:36,245,893832,629
England11:55,718,059489,080
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Ukpede Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ukpede is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ukpede? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ukpede is the 1,422,956th most common last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 47,944,381 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Ukpede live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 139 people, or 1 in 1,274,408. In Nigeria Ukpede is most common in: Delta, where 84 percent are found, Oyo, where 4 percent are found and Lagos, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Goukpede8637/
Okpede83274/
Ikpede8363/
Ukpedi8344/
Ukpeda834/
Ukpode833/
Ikpedhe771/
Okpeide771/
Hukpode771/
Houkpade711/
Ikpade67241/
Ikpide67144/
Ukpodi6746/
Okpeda6730/
Ukpadi6725/
Okpedi6721/
Ikpedi677/
Ikpode672/
Ogpeide623/
Ukpadhi621/
Ikpodei621/
Okpeedi621/
Ikpidea621/
Jikpadee572/
Okpidi50104/
Ikpidi5029/
Ikpadi501/

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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 Ukpede
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