Itemu Surname

1,447,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Itemu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Itemu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda861:453,94527,029
Nigeria341:5,210,081134,475
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Itemu Last Name Facts

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

Itemu is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Itemu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Itemu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Itemu is the 1,447,279th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Itemu live; 59 percent live in East Africa and 59 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Itemu is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is held by 86 people, or 1 in 453,945. In Uganda Itemu is most common in: Serere District, where 62 percent live, Amuria District, where 14 percent live and Soroti District, where 12 percent live. Other than Uganda it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 23 percent live and The DR Congo, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Itemau914/
Gitemu912/
Itoemu911/
Iteumu911/
Itimu801,980/
Etemu80171/
Itamu8045/
Itomu8011/
Utemu801/
Gitimu731,278/
Ettemu7318/
Uthemu7318/
Hitamu739/
Itomui739/
Etemau737/
Etemou734/
Aitamu733/
Hitomu732/
Itimou732/
Yitimu731/
Itamuy731/
Itameu731/
Etiemu731/
Ethemu731/
Itamui731/
Jitamu731/
Ittamu731/
Itaamu731/
Hitimu731/
Aithemmou711/
Aytemuz6793/
Estemau674/
Githimu672/
Jitamau671/
Heishtemut671/
Etemeus671/
Etemous671/
Ethemou671/
Ethemau671/

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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 Itemu
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