Imeje Surname
Approximately 727 people bear this surname
Imeje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 633 | 1:279,846 | 15,817 |
| Kenya | 74 | 1:624,053 | 28,587 |
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
Imeje (52) may also be a first name.
Imeje Demographics
Imeje Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Imeje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Imeje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Imeje has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Imeje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Imeje? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 463,668th most prevalent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 10,024,135 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Imeje are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 87 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Imeje is also the 1,381,723rd most commonly occurring forename globally, held by 52 people.
The last name Imeje is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 633 people, or 1 in 279,846. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 65 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent reside and Ogun, where 5 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 10 percent reside and Uganda, where 3 percent reside.
Imeje Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Imeje
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