Ukwenya Surname
Approximately 1,554 people bear this surname
Ukwenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,541 | 1:114,953 | 7,618 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ukwenya (230) may also be a first name.
Ukwenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ukwenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ukwenya is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ukwenya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ukwenya is the 254,216th most frequent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 4,689,540 people. Ukwenya is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ukwenya reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 591,855th most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 230 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,541 people, or 1 in 114,953. In Nigeria Ukwenya is mostly found in: Kogi, where 48 percent are found, Benue, where 25 percent are found and Kaduna, where 6 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and Poland, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukkwenya | 93 | 1 | / |
| Unkwenya | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ukwenyea | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ukwuenyah | 88 | 6 | / |
| Okwenya | 86 | 32 | / |
| Ukwenye | 86 | 19 | / |
| Ukuenya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ugwenya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ukwenja | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ugweanya | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ukwuenye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gukuenya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okwuenya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ugwuenya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okwenye | 71 | 515 | / |
| Ogwenya | 71 | 97 | / |
| Okwinya | 71 | 56 | / |
| Ukwenge | 71 | 10 | / |
| Ugwanya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ukwanye | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ukweeeenye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ukwanyo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ugbenya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ukwenji | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okwuinya | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ukwuenje | 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 Ukwenya
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