Ime Surname
Approximately 21,756 people bear this surname
Ime Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 20,203 | 1:8,768 | 975 |
| Turkey | 1,112 | 1:69,983 | 6,541 |
| Indonesia | 103 | 1:1,283,973 | 89,572 |
| India | 58 | 1:13,225,265 | 229,403 |
| Congo | 55 | 1:90,711 | 7,856 |
| Papua New Guinea | 50 | 1:163,074 | 22,562 |
| Cameroon | 32 | 1:649,033 | 48,340 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Albania | 13 | 1:224,158 | 14,039 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Mexico | 11 | 1:11,284,200 | 41,789 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
The alternate forms: Îmê (1) are calculated separately.
Ime (68,869) may also be a first name.
Ime Demographics
Ime Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Ime Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ime Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ime (Hindi: इमे) occurs most in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms: Îmê. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ime? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 24,820th most widely held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 334,967 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Ime are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 14,064th most frequently used given name on earth It is held by 68,869 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 20,203 people, or 1 in 8,768. In Nigeria Ime is most numerous in: Akwa Ibom, where 39 percent are found, Cross River, where 18 percent are found and Rivers, where 13 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 41 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 5 percent are found and Indonesia, where 0 percent are found.
Ime Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Ime surname is principally Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
Ime earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 62.95% less than the national average, earning $15,985 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ime Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ime in the Hindi language | ||
| इमे | ime | 66.67 |
| िंे | ime | 33.33 |
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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
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- 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 Ime
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