Urieke Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Urieke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Urieke (3) may also be a first name.
Urieke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Urieke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Urieke occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Urieke? popularity and diffusion
Urieke is the 10,311,814th most frequently occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Urieke is primarily found in Africa, where 67 percent of Urieke reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Urieke is also the 7,463,778th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 3 people.
The last name Urieke is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Urieke is primarily found in: Abia, where 50 percent reside and Delta, where 50 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The Solomon Islands, where 33 percent reside.
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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 Urieke
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