Ureji Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Ureji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Ureji (259) may also be a first name.
Ureji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ureji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ureji is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ureji? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ureji is the 3,882,373rd most common surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ureji live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ureji is also the 553,262nd most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 259 people.
The surname Ureji is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 7,085,710. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 84 percent are found, Rivers, where 12 percent are found and Abia, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also common in India, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Ureji
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