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
Average Male Eze Height
174.09 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Eze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eze Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Eze (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺰﻩ) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Eze.
How Common Is The Last Name Eze? popularity and diffusion
Eze is the 770th most commonly held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,561 people. Eze occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Eze are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 15,236th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 62,999 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 683,500 people, or 1 in 259. In Nigeria Eze is primarily concentrated in: Enugu, where 26 percent reside, Anambra, where 22 percent reside and Imo, where 11 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Eze 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 holding the Eze last name is principally Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Eze last name are 2.93% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 56.16% being 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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