Umemba Surname

1,328,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 169 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Umemba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Umemba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1651:1,073,59244,679
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Umemba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Umemba is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Umemba.

How Common Is The Last Name Umemba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,328,442nd most common last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 43,121,573 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Umemba live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Umemba is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 165 people, or 1 in 1,073,592. In Nigeria Umemba is mostly found in: Lagos, where 52 percent live, Kaduna, where 14 percent live and Rivers, where 10 percent live. Not including Nigeria Umemba exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gumemba92119/
Ummemba923/
Umehmba921/
Imemba83314/
Omemba8355/
Umemwa839/
Umamba839/
Umomba834/
Umenba831/
Gumimba77302/
Hummbad7752/
Gumembi7739/
Umeumbe7721/
Imembah773/
Imembea771/
Ummbaha771/
Gumenba771/
Umeumbi771/
Oumamba771/
Humembe771/
Immba736/
Umenwa67543/
Imomba6789/
Imamba6740/
Umemuo6714/
Omembe677/
Hummbe677/
Umambo673/
Imimba673/
Umombo672/
Imenba672/
Himhiemba671/
Gummbi671/

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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 Umemba
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