Umaru Surname
Approximately 535,766 people bear this surname
Umaru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 525,916 | 1:337 | 35 |
| Sierra Leone | 4,671 | 1:1,518 | 276 |
| Cameroon | 2,727 | 1:7,616 | 961 |
| Ghana | 1,663 | 1:16,248 | 2,082 |
| Uganda | 199 | 1:196,177 | 15,854 |
| Tanzania | 189 | 1:280,114 | 21,957 |
| United States | 96 | 1:3,775,614 | 208,022 |
| India | 60 | 1:12,784,423 | 224,716 |
| England | 48 | 1:1,160,793 | 54,689 |
| Maldives | 32 | 1:12,630 | 945 |
| Indonesia | 32 | 1:4,132,787 | 209,071 |
| Benin | 23 | 1:449,374 | 31,324 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
Umaru (343,949) may also be a first name.
Umaru Demographics
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Umaru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Umaru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Umaru (Arabic: اومارو, Hindi: उमरु, Marathi: उमरु) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Umaru? popularity and diffusion
It is the 994th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 13,602 people. The surname Umaru occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Umaru live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Umaru is also the 3,035th most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 343,949 people.
The surname Umaru is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 525,916 people, or 1 in 337. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Sokoto, where 15 percent are found, Niger, where 9 percent are found and Zamfara, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 51 countries. It is also found in Sierra Leone, where 1 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
Umaru Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Umaru last name is primarily Muslim (90%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Umaru last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.
Umaru earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.43% more than the national average, earning $46,787 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Umaru Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Umaru in the Marathi language | ||
| उमरु | umaru | 78.69 |
| उमरू | umaru | 18.03 |
| उमारू | umaru | 1.64 |
| Umaru in the Hindi language | ||
| उमरु | umaru | 40 |
| उमरू | umaru | 26.67 |
| ऊमरू | umaru | 13.33 |
| ूमारू | umaru | 6.67 |
| उमारू | umaru | 6.67 |
| उमरूआ | umaru'a | 6.67 |
| Umaru in the Arabic language | ||
| اومارو | awmarw | - |
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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 Umaru
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