Ukueku Surname

687,524th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 431 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ukueku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ukueku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3551:498,99424,920
England711:784,76142,668
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ukueku (11) may also be a first name.

Ukueku Last Name Facts

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

Ukueku is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ukueku click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ukueku? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 687,524th most frequently used surname globally, held by around 1 in 16,908,459 people. The surname Ukueku is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Ukueku are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ukueku is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 11 people.

Ukueku is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 355 people, or 1 in 498,994. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 79 percent reside, Lagos, where 6 percent reside and Edo, where 5 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 16 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ukwueku922/
Ukuku91197/
Ukweku836/
Ukaeku834/
Ukeaku833/
Ukeeku832/
Ukukeu831/
Ikueku831/
Oukouekeu802/
Ugwueku772/
Ukhukhu772/
Oukoukou711/
Ukoujoku711/
Okweku6778/
Ugbeku679/
Ikweku671/
Oukoukkous631/
Okeyeku6213/
Okujaku623/
Okoyeku621/
Haukiku621/
Ukajoku621/
Okuiokui571/
Ikuku551,509/
Ucucu554/
Icuku551/
Ucheucheu531/
Iguoku5037/
Ukauku5012/
Igweku509/
Ikkuku501/
Hikuku501/
Ugwoku501/

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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 Ukueku
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