Ugwu

See also: ugwu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Igbo úgwú (“mountain, hill”), a topographic surname.

Proper noun

Ugwu (plural Ugwus)

1. A surname from Igbo.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ugwu is the 70645^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 277 individuals. Ugwu is most common among Black/African American (97.11%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ugwu”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.