Umegbu Surname

1,434,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 150 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Umegbu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Umegbu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1481:1,196,91148,419
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Umegbu Last Name Facts

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

Umegbu is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Umegbu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Umegbu is the 1,434,893rd most common surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. The last name Umegbu occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Umegbu reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 148 people, or 1 in 1,196,911. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Abia, where 59 percent are found, Enugu, where 13 percent are found and Lagos, where 11 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Umeagbu923/
Umeigbu923/
Umaegbu922/
Omegbu8397/
Umegwu8328/
Imegbu833/
Imaegbu7745/
Umeagwu7722/
Omeagbu771/
Omehegbu7110/
Omegwu6797/
Umekwu6712/
Omeagwu623/
Umekweu622/
Omekwu50154/
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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 Umegbu
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