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 last name Uleke has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Uleke click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Uleke? popularity and diffusion
Uleke is the 1,612,213th most commonly used last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. The last name Uleke is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Uleke live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Uleke is also the 1,717,090th most frequent first name in the world, held by 36 people.
Uleke is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 120 people, or 1 in 1,476,190. In Nigeria Uleke is most prevalent in: Benue, where 23 percent are found, Cross River, where 18 percent are found and Delta, where 13 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found.
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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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