Umezuruike Surname

202,451st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,057 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Umezuruike Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'death have your rest'. Among the Igbo tribe of Eastern Nigeria, ume, umo or umeh means, 'misfortune' especially by/or through death, and zuruike, zulike or zurike means 'have rest'. The name, Umezuruike, is an indication that a given family and their ancestors had difficulty having children especially when such difficulty resulted from series of child mortalities.

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Umezuruike Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,0311:87,2196,103
England151:3,714,537119,675
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Umezuruike (146) may also be a first name.

Umezuruike Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'death have your rest'. Among the Igbo tribe of Eastern Nigeria, ume, umo or umeh means, 'misfortune' especially by/or through death, and zuruike, zulike or zurike means 'have rest'. The name, Umezuruike, is an indication that a given family and their ancestors had difficulty having children especially when such difficulty resulted from series of child mortalities. If one male child eventually survives, the child is named Umezuruike, Umezulike or Umezurike.

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Umezuruike Last Name Facts

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

The surname Umezuruike is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Umezuruike? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 202,451st most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 3,542,803 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Umezuruike are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 763,528th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 146 people.

The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,031 people, or 1 in 87,219. In Nigeria Umezuruike is most frequent in: Abia, where 50 percent are found, Rivers, where 14 percent are found and Enugu, where 9 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

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