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
Average Ime Salary in
United States
$15,985 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ime Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ime Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ime (Hindi: इमे) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as: Îmê. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ime? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 24,820th most commonly used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 334,967 people. This last name is predominantly 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. Ime is also the 14,064th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 68,869 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 20,203 people, or 1 in 8,768. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Akwa Ibom, where 39 percent reside, Cross River, where 18 percent reside and Rivers, where 13 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in 41 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 5 percent reside and Indonesia, where 0 percent reside.
Ime Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Ime surname is chiefly 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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