Uligwe Surname

2,237,939th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Uligwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Uligwe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria701:2,530,61183,100
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Uligwe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Uligwe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Uligwe is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Uligwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,237,939th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. The last name Uligwe is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Uligwe reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 2,530,611. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Enugu, where 63 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 13 percent live and Niger, where 9 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Uloigwe923/
Uligwer921/
Oligwe8326/
Ulikwe8312/
Ulygwe831/
Iloigwe7714/
Oluigwe7710/
Ulikweh773/
Huligue771/
Ouligue771/
Ulligue771/
Illoigwe713/
Oulaigbe711/
Ouligoue711/
Gouligue711/
Huluigue711/
Ulique677/
Goulaigue671/
Ilugwe671/
Olikwe671/
Iligue671/
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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 Uligwe
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