Item Surname

119,235th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,855 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Item Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Item Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,4921:118,7287,848
Indonesia1,1231:117,76411,900
Philippines8131:124,52421,370
Switzerland2011:40,8605,772
Cameroon401:519,22741,500
Palestine341:133,7907,867
Iraq311:1,129,73113,630
Turkey301:2,594,04779,854
India231:33,350,669396,143
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Jordan51:1,768,48719,843
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Syria31:6,433,67416,197
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
France11:66,422,722504,397
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Item (2,387) may also be a first name.

Item Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Item Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Item occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Item.

How Common Is The Last Name Item? popularity and diffusion

The last name Item is the 119,235th most common surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,890,414 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 53 percent of Item live; 50 percent live in Southeast Asia and 39 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Item is also the 151,946th most commonly used given name worldwide. It is borne by 2,387 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,492 people, or 1 in 118,728. In Nigeria Item is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 24 percent reside, Benue, where 21 percent reside and Cross River, where 19 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it exists in 24 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 29 percent reside and The Philippines, where 21 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iteme89572/
Jitem89334/
Ittem89298/
Ithem89180/
Aitem89100/
Içtem8959/
İştem8958/
Hitem8913/
Iteam892/
Eitem892/
Ietem892/
Istem892/
Yitem891/
Gidtem8038/
Yittem8017/
Jittem8013/
Aithem805/
Heitem805/
Jiteim805/
Jitiem804/
Hithem804/
Haitem804/
Aiteam803/
Jitemd801/
Iteime801/
Itemgh801/
Aiteem801/
Aiteme801/
Eidtem801/
Jithem801/
Isteem801/
Histem801/
Githem800/
Itheme800/
Iten756,053/
Isem754,282/
Itim754,056/
Etem752,395/
Ytem75304/
İçem75175/
Utem75134/
Icem7515/
Itne752/
Itym751/
Jtem751/
Haithem73373/
Heithem739/
Aitehim734/
Haihtem734/
Goiteam732/
Hiethem731/
Haiteme731/
Eichtem731/
Im671,060,635/
Em6752,149/
Eteme675,628/
Jiten673,679/
Ituen673,531/
Içten672,647/
Getem67738/
Hutem67595/
Eiten67422/
Uthem67420/
Ettem67396/
Hiten67386/
Hetem67317/
Itten67283/
Ethem67245/
Ichem67241/
Hisem67228/
Eteem67185/
Isten67178/
Uttem67137/
Estem67126/
Iteng67122/
Giten67117/
Yiten6781/
Iteen6779/
Aiten6770/
Istim6769/
Hišem6767/
Yitim6759/
Aytem6755/
Ithen6753/
Issem6750/
Ittim6739/
Hitne6730/
Itaim6728/
Aisem6722/
Aitim6721/
Itime6718/
Jitim6717/
Etiem6716/
Iotim6716/
Etemg6716/
Ityom6715/
Iteun6715/
Esiem6714/
Eteim6714/
Uteem6710/
Jisem6710/
Edtem679/
Ietim676/
Eteam676/
Itaen675/
Etitm674/
Aitne673/
Eitim673/
Gitim673/
Itien673/
Ihsem672/
Isiem672/
Eisem672/
Eitne672/
Utiem672/
Yotem672/
Ithim672/
Izten671/
Hitim671/
Eytem671/
Yicem671/
Isemn671/
Itimm671/
Itijm671/
Hytem671/
Itimg671/
Hicem671/
Jicem671/
Yteme671/
Ythem671/
Eutem671/
Aitym671/
Yitemgne671/
Jteem671/
Itnne671/

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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 Item
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