Eze Surname
Approximately 690,023 people bear this surname
Eze Surname User-submission:
Eze is a name common to the people of Eastern Nigeria. It means 'king'.
Eze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 683,500 | 1:259 | 25 |
| Ghana | 2,009 | 1:13,450 | 1,752 |
| United States | 919 | 1:394,406 | 34,603 |
| Togo | 840 | 1:8,628 | 2,051 |
| England | 744 | 1:74,890 | 8,505 |
| South Africa | 252 | 1:214,991 | 22,657 |
| Cameroon | 243 | 1:85,469 | 10,380 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Spain | 140 | 1:333,943 | 19,434 |
| Canada | 95 | 1:387,848 | 34,448 |
| Turkey | 86 | 1:904,900 | 42,475 |
| Benin | 81 | 1:127,600 | 13,832 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Hong Kong | 56 | 1:130,991 | 2,371 |
| Brazil | 54 | 1:3,964,339 | 108,357 |
| Germany | 53 | 1:1,518,971 | 91,373 |
| Latvia | 52 | 1:39,424 | 6,000 |
| United Arab Emirates | 51 | 1:179,652 | 12,842 |
| Ireland | 36 | 1:130,804 | 6,280 |
| Scotland | 32 | 1:167,307 | 9,494 |
| Sweden | 31 | 1:317,637 | 22,171 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Taiwan | 21 | 1:1,116,416 | 7,706 |
| China | 19 | 1:71,964,293 | 3,948 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Netherlands | 19 | 1:888,799 | 62,169 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Poland | 17 | 1:2,235,809 | 104,965 |
| Wales | 17 | 1:182,031 | 12,022 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Italy | 14 | 1:4,368,335 | 106,343 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Burkina Faso | 10 | 1:1,835,210 | 14,348 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Gambia | 9 | 1:213,717 | 372 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Swaziland | 9 | 1:144,244 | 719 |
| Senegal | 8 | 1:1,822,418 | 4,361 |
| Ecuador | 7 | 1:2,272,264 | 23,377 |
| Iceland | 7 | 1:54,299 | 3,881 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1:283,918 | 487 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Guyana | 4 | 1:190,555 | 9,777 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Belize | 3 | 1:118,491 | 3,439 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2 | 1:17,164 | 627 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Eze (62,999) may also be a first name.
Eze Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Eze is a name common to the people of Eastern Nigeria. It means 'king'.
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Eze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eze Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Eze (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺰﻩ) is most common in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Eze? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 770th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 10,561 people. The last name Eze occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Eze reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 15,236th most widely held given name globally. It is borne by 62,999 people.
Eze is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 683,500 people, or 1 in 259. In Nigeria Eze is mostly concentrated in: Enugu, where 26 percent reside, Anambra, where 22 percent reside and Imo, where 11 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 105 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Eze Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Eze surname are 2.93% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 56.16% registered with the political party.
The amount Eze earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 4.9% more than the national average, earning R 249,276 per year; in United States they earn 13.16% more than the national average, earning $48,826 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.84% less than the national average, earning $39,329 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Eze Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Eze in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﺰﻩ | zh | 65.63 |
| ﻋﺰ | z | 15.63 |
| ﻋﺰﺓ | zt | 14.06 |
| ﺍﻟﻌﺰﻩ | alzh | 3.13 |
| ﺍﻟﻌﺰﺓ | alzt | 1.56 |
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