Umeasiegbu Surname

928,396th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 284 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Umeasiegbu Surname User-submission:

The Umeasiegbu surname comes from an Igbo name Ume, meaning 'breath', and Asiegbu, meaning 'one can't be killed' or 'one who refuses to be cowered by other's hostility'.

Umeasiegbu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2731:648,87530,450
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Umeasiegbu Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Umeasiegbu surname comes from an Igbo name Ume, meaning 'breath', and Asiegbu, meaning 'one can't be killed' or 'one who refuses to be cowered by other's hostility'.

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Umeasiegbu Last Name Facts

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

Umeasiegbu occurs most in Nigeria. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Umeasiegbu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 928,396th most widely held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 25,660,373 people. The last name Umeasiegbu occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Umeasiegbu are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 273 people, or 1 in 648,875. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 24 percent live, Rivers, where 16 percent live and Abia, where 15 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

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