Uhemba Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Uhemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 71 | 1:2,494,968 | 82,261 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Uhemba (43) may also be a first name.
Uhemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uhemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Uhemba is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Uhemba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Uhemba is the 2,007,164th most commonly held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Uhemba are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most widely held forename globally, held by 43 people.
The surname Uhemba is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 71 people, or 1 in 2,494,968. In Nigeria Uhemba is primarily found in: Benue, where 97 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 1 percent are found and Taraba, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 16 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Uhemba
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