Ukwede Surname
Approximately 458 people bear this surname
Ukwede Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 456 | 1:388,471 | 20,503 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ukwede Demographics
Ukwede Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Ukwede Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ukwede Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ukwede is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ukwede? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ukwede is the 657,184th most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,911,672 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ukwede live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 456 people, or 1 in 388,471. In Nigeria Ukwede is mostly concentrated in: Kogi, where 68 percent are found, Anambra, where 10 percent are found and Delta, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Ukwede Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Christian (97%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukwedeh | 92 | 114 | / |
| Ukwuede | 92 | 109 | / |
| Ukwedje | 92 | 5 | / |
| Ukwuedeh | 86 | 11 | / |
| Ukwade | 83 | 147 | / |
| Okwede | 83 | 138 | / |
| Ukweda | 83 | 102 | / |
| Ukuede | 83 | 32 | / |
| Ugwede | 83 | 11 | / |
| Ikwede | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ugwuede | 77 | 626 | / |
| Okwuede | 77 | 36 | / |
| Okwedei | 77 | 14 | / |
| Okwedeh | 77 | 14 | / |
| Okweede | 77 | 4 | / |
| Okwedde | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwhede | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ugwedeh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwuedei | 71 | 114 | / |
| Ugwuedeh | 71 | 24 | / |
| Okwuedeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ugbede | 67 | 2,650 | / |
| Okweda | 67 | 1,956 | / |
| Okwedi | 67 | 505 | / |
| Ukwadi | 67 | 147 | / |
| Igwede | 67 | 123 | / |
| Ogwede | 67 | 83 | / |
| Okwedy | 67 | 49 | / |
| Okuede | 67 | 36 | / |
| Uguede | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ugwedi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ugwode | 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 Ukwede
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