Ulelu Surname
Approximately 658 people bear this surname
Ulelu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 581 | 1:304,893 | 16,978 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ulelu (43) may also be a first name.
Ulelu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ulelu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ulelu has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ulelu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 500,196th most frequently used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 11,075,298 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Ulelu live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 43 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 581 people, or 1 in 304,893. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Abia, where 63 percent are found, Lagos, where 16 percent are found and Enugu, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulelu | 91 | 15 | / |
| Uloelu | 91 | 7 | / |
| Hulelu | 91 | 4 | / |
| Ullelu | 91 | 2 | / |
| Gullelu | 83 | 179 | / |
| Oulelou | 83 | 2 | / |
| Uleuleu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ulalu | 80 | 87 | / |
| Ilelu | 80 | 21 | / |
| Olelu | 80 | 6 | / |
| Ulilu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ulolu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aulelius | 77 | 2 | / |
| Oulielou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Goulelou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Iloelu | 73 | 29 | / |
| Hulalu | 73 | 12 | / |
| Ilhelu | 73 | 10 | / |
| Oleleu | 73 | 7 | / |
| Jilelu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ulolui | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ulalhu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ilelou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hulilu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hilelu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aulolu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oleluy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ilehelu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Holeleu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Jillelu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hulailu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ullallu | 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
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- 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 Ulelu
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