Umeje Surname

1,235,409th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Umeje Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Umeje Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1721:1,029,90043,269
Colombia131:3,674,92915,922
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591

Umeje Last Name Facts

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

The surname Umeje occurs most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Umeje click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Umeje? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,235,409th most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 38,763,542 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Umeje live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Umeje is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 172 people, or 1 in 1,029,900. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ebonyi, where 58 percent are found, Enugu, where 23 percent are found and Lagos, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Umeje is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Colombia, where 7 percent are found and Venezuela, where 2 percent are found.

Umeje Last Name Statistics demography

Umeje earn notably less less than the average income. In Colombia they earn 24.28% less than the national average, earning $17,190,800 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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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 Umeje
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