Umeka Surname
Approximately 357 people bear this surname
Umeka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 337 | 1:525,646 | 25,906 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Umeka (1,089) may also be a first name.
Umeka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Umeka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Umeka (Bengali: উমেকা, Hindi: उमेका, Marathi: उमेका) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Umeka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Umeka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 790,102nd most common surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,413,294 people. The surname Umeka occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Umeka are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Umeka is also the 241,864th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 1,089 people.
Umeka is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 337 people, or 1 in 525,646. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 76 percent live, Cross River, where 14 percent live and Enugu, where 3 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Umeka is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 2 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Umeka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Umeka in the Bengali language | ||
| উমেকা | umeka | - |
| Umeka in the Marathi language | ||
| उमेका | umeka | - |
| Umeka in the Hindi language | ||
| उमेका | umeka | 50 |
| उमेक | umeka | 50 |
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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 Umeka
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