Iremu Surname
Approximately 198 people bear this surname
Iremu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 93 | 1:569,265 | 36,354 |
| Nigeria | 61 | 1:2,903,980 | 91,283 |
| Uganda | 44 | 1:887,256 | 40,445 |
Iremu (10) may also be a first name.
Iremu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iremu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Iremu is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Iremu? popularity and diffusion
Iremu is the 1,194,481st most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 36,805,787 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Iremu reside; 69 percent reside in East Africa and 69 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Iremu is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 10 people.
The surname Iremu is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 93 people, or 1 in 569,265. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Singida Region, where 100 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 31 percent live and Uganda, where 22 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irhemu | 91 | 31 | / |
| Giremu | 91 | 30 | / |
| Iremau | 91 | 3 | / |
| Ireumu | 91 | 2 | / |
| Iremaut | 83 | 3 | / |
| Jiriemu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yiremuh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Jiremus | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hiremut | 83 | 1 | / |
| Eremu | 80 | 397 | / |
| Irimu | 80 | 357 | / |
| Iramu | 80 | 264 | / |
| Uremu | 80 | 138 | / |
| Iromu | 80 | 13 | / |
| Hiremutt | 77 | 11 | / |
| Hiremuth | 77 | 8 | / |
| Geremu | 73 | 3,133 | / |
| Irimus | 73 | 358 | / |
| Eremus | 73 | 191 | / |
| Eremut | 73 | 115 | / |
| Uriemu | 73 | 68 | / |
| Irimuş | 73 | 35 | / |
| Girimu | 73 | 23 | / |
| Jiramu | 73 | 22 | / |
| Hirimu | 73 | 15 | / |
| Uremuu | 73 | 11 | / |
| Oiromu | 73 | 7 | / |
| Eriemu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ereimu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Irimuș | 73 | 2 | / |
| Hiramu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Airamu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Jirimu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Hiromu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Heremu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Irameu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uroemu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ereumu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Irimou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yiromu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ergemu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Irimut | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iramau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jiromu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hireemutt | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eremaut | 67 | 22 | / |
| Hirimou | 67 | 14 | / |
| Erhiemu | 67 | 8 | / |
| Iromouh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Gerremu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Erremuh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eresmus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Erremus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Irismus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eremuth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hiramui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eremaus | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Iremu
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