Urigwe Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Urigwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 141 | 1:1,256,332 | 50,205 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Urigwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Urigwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Urigwe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Urigwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Urigwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,409,418th most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 47,321,727 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Urigwe reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 141 people, or 1 in 1,256,332. In Nigeria Urigwe is mostly found in: Abia, where 18 percent live, Plateau, where 15 percent live and Enugu, where 13 percent live. Other than Nigeria Urigwe exists in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urhigwe | 92 | 11 | / |
| Uruigwe | 92 | 8 | / |
| Urigw | 91 | 1 | / |
| Irigwe | 83 | 89 | / |
| Origwe | 83 | 22 | / |
| Urigue | 83 | 2 | / |
| Urikwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Aurigue | 77 | 390 | / |
| Ireigwe | 77 | 43 | / |
| Hurigue | 77 | 35 | / |
| Irrigwe | 77 | 24 | / |
| Oruigwe | 77 | 18 | / |
| Oraigwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ourigue | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gaurigue | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ireigweh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Origue | 67 | 107 | / |
| Urukwe | 67 | 16 | / |
| Huraingue | 67 | 5 | / |
| Urekwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Orikwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Iregwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Urique | 67 | 1 | / |
| Houtrigue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Urigua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Urugue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uregbe | 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 Urigwe
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