Ukwama Surname
Approximately 348 people bear this surname
Ukwama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 321 | 1:164,927 | 14,641 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
Ukwama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ukwama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ukwama is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ukwama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 804,502nd most widely held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 20,941,224 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ukwama are found; 92 percent are found in East Africa and 92 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 321 people, or 1 in 164,927. In Tanzania Ukwama is primarily found in: Pwani Region, where 78 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 21 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 0 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania it exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukwuama | 92 | 3 | / |
| Ahukwama | 86 | 89 | / |
| Okwama | 83 | 353 | / |
| Ukwoma | 83 | 132 | / |
| Ikwama | 83 | 34 | / |
| Ukwame | 83 | 26 | / |
| Ugwama | 83 | 25 | / |
| Ukwuoma | 77 | 3,254 | / |
| Ugwuama | 77 | 104 | / |
| Hikwama | 77 | 22 | / |
| Okwamma | 77 | 9 | / |
| Ukwouma | 77 | 8 | / |
| Ukwuami | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ukwameh | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ikwuama | 77 | 2 | / |
| Unkuama | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikwaama | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikweama | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ukwuamo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ukwuomah | 71 | 33 | / |
| Ugwuhama | 71 | 5 | / |
| Uckwuoma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eukwuoma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gougwama | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ukwome | 67 | 373 | / |
| Ugbama | 67 | 214 | / |
| Okwamo | 67 | 135 | / |
| Okwoma | 67 | 133 | / |
| Ikwema | 67 | 130 | / |
| Ogwama | 67 | 93 | / |
| Ukuoma | 67 | 81 | / |
| Ukuame | 67 | 64 | / |
| Ikuama | 67 | 34 | / |
| Ugwoma | 67 | 32 | / |
| Ikwamo | 67 | 22 | / |
| Uguama | 67 | 17 | / |
| Ukuema | 67 | 11 | / |
| Okuama | 67 | 10 | / |
| Igwama | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ikwoma | 67 | 6 | / |
| Okwame | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ucuama | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ukuami | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ukwomo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ugwamy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwami | 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
- 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 Ukwama
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