Ukpeh Surname
Approximately 808 people bear this surname
Ukpeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 789 | 1:224,516 | 13,211 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Ukpeh (18) may also be a first name.
Ukpeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ukpeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ukpeh is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ukpeh.
How Common Is The Last Name Ukpeh? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 427,422nd most frequent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 9,019,240 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ukpeh live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ukpeh is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 18 people.
The surname Ukpeh is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 789 people, or 1 in 224,516. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Akwa Ibom, where 61 percent reside, Rivers, where 9 percent reside and Lagos, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukpeeh | 91 | 5 | / |
| Ukpech | 91 | 2 | / |
| Oukpeh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ukpe | 89 | 13,102 | / |
| Ikpeh | 80 | 201 | / |
| Ukpie | 80 | 89 | / |
| Oukpe | 80 | 54 | / |
| Ukpee | 80 | 18 | / |
| Ukppe | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ukpei | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ukpha | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ukpea | 80 | 2 | / |
| Hukpe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ukphi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aukpe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Uckpe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oukpih | 73 | 420 | / |
| Ukpaha | 73 | 29 | / |
| Houkpe | 73 | 22 | / |
| Ukpaih | 73 | 6 | / |
| Oekpeh | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ukpohy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ukpojh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ukpher | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ogkpeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okpe | 67 | 30,830 | / |
| Ikpe | 67 | 21,898 | / |
| Ukpa | 67 | 6,166 | / |
| Ukpi | 67 | 335 | / |
| Ukpj | 67 | 5 | / |
| Houhkpe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ukpy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Houkpei | 67 | 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
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- 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 Ukpeh
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