Uleke Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Uleke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 120 | 1:1,476,190 | 56,575 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
Uleke (36) may also be a first name.
Uleke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uleke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Uleke occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Uleke? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,612,213th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Uleke are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Uleke is also the 1,717,090th most common given name in the world, held by 36 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 120 people, or 1 in 1,476,190. In Nigeria Uleke is primarily found in: Benue, where 23 percent reside, Cross River, where 18 percent reside and Delta, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 4 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 Uleke
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