Umenwa Surname

578,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 543 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Umenwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Umenwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5381:329,26218,011
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Umenwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Umenwa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Umenwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Umenwa is the 578,557th most commonly held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,420,895 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Umenwa are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Umenwa is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 538 people, or 1 in 329,262. In Nigeria Umenwa is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 19 percent live, Rivers, where 18 percent live and Abia, where 17 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live and China, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Umennwa9226/
Umeanwa9225/
Umehnwa921/
Omenwa83129/
Umenwo8399/
Umemwa839/
Umenba831/
Hummenway800/
Uminwad778/
Omenwah771/
Omennwa771/
Houmnwa771/
Himenway710/
Umemba67169/
Imenwo67101/
Umnuay6721/
Immuenwai6711/
Omenwo674/
Ominwa671/
Umnnua671/
Omenua671/
Omnwah671/
Aumnuay62167/
Ummemba623/
Gumnwee621/
Umehmba621/
Omenuah621/
Gummenui571/
Umennuihe5314/
Umnuid5052/
Hummbe507/
Omenuo502/

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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 Umenwa
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