Imo Surname
Approximately 23,409 people bear this surname
Imo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 19,237 | 1:9,208 | 1,016 |
| Kenya | 763 | 1:60,524 | 5,918 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| India | 522 | 1:1,469,474 | 55,672 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| United States | 314 | 1:1,154,328 | 82,787 |
| Indonesia | 308 | 1:429,380 | 36,011 |
| Papua New Guinea | 304 | 1:26,821 | 3,011 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Germany | 104 | 1:774,091 | 57,434 |
| Philippines | 101 | 1:1,002,359 | 86,102 |
| Italy | 70 | 1:873,667 | 66,008 |
| Niger | 59 | 1:325,288 | 9,578 |
| England | 49 | 1:1,137,103 | 53,999 |
| Japan | 41 | 1:3,118,153 | 33,477 |
| Uganda | 34 | 1:1,148,214 | 47,064 |
| American Samoa | 33 | 1:1,690 | 316 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Slovakia | 6 | 1:889,408 | 78,715 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4 | 1:13,800 | 846 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
The alternate forms: Imò (2) are calculated separately.
Imo (22,082) may also be a first name.
Imo Demographics
Imo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Imo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Imo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Imo (Hindi: इमो, Marathi: इमो) is found most in Nigeria. It may also occur as: Imò. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Imo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 23,153rd most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 311,314 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Imo live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Imo is also the 35,102nd most prevalent forename globally It is held by 22,082 people.
The last name Imo is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 19,237 people, or 1 in 9,208. In Nigeria Imo is mostly found in: Imo, where 25 percent are found, Abia, where 17 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 63 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 3 percent are found and Togo, where 2 percent are found.
Imo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Imo has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Imo last name increased 1,653 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Imo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Imo surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Imo last name are 6.72% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 53.49% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Imo earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 40.95% less than the national average, earning R 140,316 per year; in United States they earn 24.34% more than the national average, earning $53,651 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.48% more than the national average, earning $56,878 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Imo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Imo in the Marathi language | ||
| इमो | imo | - |
| Imo in the Hindi language | ||
| इमो | imo | 80 |
| ईमो | imo | 20 |
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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 Imo
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