Umekwe Surname
Approximately 1,192 people bear this surname
Umekwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,144 | 1:154,845 | 9,772 |
| England | 33 | 1:1,688,426 | 69,999 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Umekwe (40) may also be a first name.
Umekwe Demographics
Average Umekwe Salary in
United States
$21,175 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Umekwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Umekwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Umekwe occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Umekwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Umekwe? popularity and diffusion
Umekwe is the 314,885th most widely held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 6,113,713 people. Umekwe is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Umekwe reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most common first name on earth, borne by 40 people.
The last name Umekwe is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,144 people, or 1 in 154,845. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Abia, where 35 percent live, Enugu, where 18 percent live and Lagos, where 14 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Umekwe Last Name Statistics demography
Umekwe earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 50.93% less than the national average, earning $21,175 USD per year.
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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 Umekwe
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