Umelue Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Umelue Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 33 | 1:5,367,962 | 136,856 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Umelue Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Umelue Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Umelue occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Umelue? popularity and diffusion
Umelue is the 3,141,416th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name Umelue occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Umelue are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 85 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 5,367,962. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 45 percent live, Abia, where 42 percent live and Rivers, where 9 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent live and Canada, where 3 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 Umelue
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