Ukwak Surname

1,014,722nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 250 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ukwak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ukwak Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2461:720,09333,031
England21:27,859,030389,889
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Ukwak (28) may also be a first name.

Ukwak Last Name Facts

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

Ukwak is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ukwak? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ukwak is the 1,014,722nd most frequently used surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 29,150,184 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ukwak live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ukwak is also the 1,994,417th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 28 people.

The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 246 people, or 1 in 720,093. In Nigeria Ukwak is most frequent in: Akwa Ibom, where 78 percent are found, Abia, where 10 percent are found and Lagos, where 7 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and Scotland, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Okwak807/
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Oungkwak771/
Ukwoke7334/
Ugwake737/
Utkuak731/
Ukwuoke6726/
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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 Ukwak
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