Ureki Surname
Approximately 325 people bear this surname
Ureki Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 194 | 1:913,107 | 39,493 |
| Russia | 64 | 1:2,251,923 | 134,938 |
| Papua New Guinea | 47 | 1:173,483 | 24,058 |
| Moldova | 14 | 1:254,383 | 22,033 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
Ureki Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ureki Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ureki (Russian: Уреки) is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ureki? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 844,382nd most frequently used surname globally, held by around 1 in 22,423,218 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Ureki reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 194 people, or 1 in 913,107. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Delta, where 66 percent reside, Edo, where 13 percent reside and Lagos, where 13 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 20 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ureki Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ureki in the Russian language | ||
| Уреки | ureki | - |
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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 Ureki
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