Umeji Surname
Approximately 690 people bear this surname
Umeji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 593 | 1:298,723 | 16,689 |
| Japan | 64 | 1:1,997,567 | 27,803 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Umeji (2,082) may also be a first name.
Umeji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Umeji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Umeji is found most in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Umeji? popularity and diffusion
Umeji is the 482,629th most numerous family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 10,561,661 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Umeji reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 165,094th most frequently occurring forename internationally, held by 2,082 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 593 people, or 1 in 298,723. In Nigeria Umeji is most frequent in: Lagos, where 25 percent live, Abia, where 19 percent live and Enugu, where 13 percent live. Other than Nigeria it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Japan, where 9 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.
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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 Umeji
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