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'.
- imopee1Eze Demographics
Eze Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Eze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eze Come From? nationality or country of origin
Eze (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺰﻩ) occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Eze? popularity and diffusion
The last name Eze is the 770th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 10,561 people. The surname Eze occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Eze live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Eze is also the 15,236th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 62,999 people.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 683,500 people, or 1 in 259. In Nigeria Eze is most frequent in: Enugu, where 26 percent are found, Anambra, where 22 percent are found and Imo, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in 105 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Eze Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Eze last name is predominantly Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Eze surname are 2.93% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 56.16% being registered to vote for the 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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