Uwgu Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Uwgu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 134 | 1:1,321,961 | 52,161 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Uwgu (38) may also be a first name.
Uwgu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uwgu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Uwgu occurs most in Nigeria. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Uwgu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Uwgu is the 1,527,735th most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. The surname Uwgu occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Uwgu reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Uwgu is also the 1,662,754th most common forename on earth. It is borne by 38 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 1,321,961. In Nigeria Uwgu is most prevalent in: Enugu, where 51 percent are found, Kaduna, where 14 percent are found and Lagos, where 6 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and Thailand, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Uwgu
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