Omeche Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Omeche Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 183 | 1:967,993 | 41,230 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Omeche (1,238) may also be a first name.
Omeche Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omeche Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Omeche is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Omeche? popularity and diffusion
Omeche is the 1,214,709th most commonly held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 37,759,305 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Omeche are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Omeche is also the 224,663rd most common first name on earth. It is borne by 1,238 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 967,993. In Nigeria Omeche is most numerous in: Benue, where 55 percent reside, Enugu, where 16 percent reside and Lagos, where 7 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Omeche
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