Wukwe Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Wukwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wukwe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria361:4,920,632129,434
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362

Wukwe (34) may also be a first name.

Wukwe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wukwe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wukwe is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wukwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wukwe is the 3,141,416th most numerous surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wukwe live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wukwe is also the 1,775,424th most frequently used given name worldwide. It is borne by 34 people.

The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 4,920,632. In Nigeria Wukwe is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 97 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 3 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wukw892/
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Wokwe806/
Wikwe803/
Wukue802/
Vukwe801/
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Bukwey7329/
Wungwe732/
Buckwe731/
Woukwi731/
Buikwe731/
Hwungwe678/
Boukwei672/
Wuqw671/
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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 Wukwe
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