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
Umaru Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Umaru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Umaru Come From? nationality or country of origin
Umaru (Arabic: اومارو, Hindi: उमरु, Marathi: उमरु) occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Umaru.
How Common Is The Last Name Umaru? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 994th most widely held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 13,602 people. 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 given name throughout the world. It is borne by 343,949 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 525,916 people, or 1 in 337. In Nigeria Umaru is most prevalent in: Sokoto, where 15 percent live, Niger, where 9 percent live and Zamfara, where 9 percent live. Beside Nigeria Umaru occurs in 51 countries. It is also common in Sierra Leone, where 1 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Umaru Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly 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 with the 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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