Ureme Surname
Approximately 110 people bear this surname
Ureme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 98 | 1:1,807,579 | 65,389 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Üreme (59) are calculated separately.
Ureme (13) may also be a first name.
Ureme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ureme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ureme is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Üreme. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ureme? popularity and diffusion
Ureme is the 1,746,159th most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 66,250,417 people. The surname Ureme occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Ureme live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most common forename in the world It is held by 13 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 98 people, or 1 in 1,807,579. In Nigeria it is most common in: Enugu, where 19 percent live, Abia, where 15 percent live and Plateau, where 14 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent live and Uganda, where 1 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 Ureme
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