Unegbe Surname
Approximately 357 people bear this surname
Unegbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 354 | 1:500,403 | 24,988 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Unegbe (18) may also be a first name.
Unegbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Unegbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Unegbe is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Unegbe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 790,102nd most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 20,413,294 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Unegbe reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 18 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 354 people, or 1 in 500,403. In Nigeria Unegbe is most numerous in: Benue, where 41 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 15 percent are found and Enugu, where 11 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Unegbe occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unaegbe | 92 | 8 | / |
| Uniegbe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ounegbe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Unegbeh | 92 | 1 | / |
| Inegbe | 83 | 345 | / |
| Unigbe | 83 | 280 | / |
| Onegbe | 83 | 79 | / |
| Unegba | 83 | 5 | / |
| Unagbe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Unegue | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hounnegbe | 80 | 3 | / |
| Hounhegbe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Unuigbe | 77 | 2,869 | / |
| Uneigwe | 77 | 10 | / |
| Onnegbe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Iniegbe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Unegbui | 77 | 2 | / |
| Onegbeh | 77 | 2 | / |
| Unaegby | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hounogbe | 71 | 632 | / |
| Unuigbey | 71 | 15 | / |
| Unuigbje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Unuigebe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Inagbe | 67 | 208 | / |
| Unekwe | 67 | 162 | / |
| Onigbe | 67 | 70 | / |
| Unegwa | 67 | 29 | / |
| Onegwe | 67 | 12 | / |
| Onegue | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hougnigbe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Inegbi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Unegui | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hounhigbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hounnigbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onegba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Unuigbije | 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 Unegbe
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