Ukwe Surname
Approximately 756 people bear this surname
Ukwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 741 | 1:239,059 | 13,890 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Ukwë (1) are calculated separately.
Ukwe (162) may also be a first name.
Ukwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ukwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ukwe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Ukwë. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ukwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ukwe is the 449,900th most widely held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 9,639,611 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ukwe live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 720,105th most widely held given name at a global level It is held by 162 people.
Ukwe is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 741 people, or 1 in 239,059. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 23 percent reside, Taraba, where 19 percent reside and Abia, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Ukwe
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