Uremu Surname

1,511,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 138 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Uremu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Uremu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea1221:66,8348,731
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Uremu (75) may also be a first name.

Uremu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Uremu is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Uremu? popularity and diffusion

Uremu is the 1,511,557th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 52,808,304 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 88 percent of Uremu live; 88 percent live in Oceania Islands and 88 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Uremu is also the 1,116,575th most commonly held given name globally It is held by 75 people.

The last name Uremu is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 66,834. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Bougainville, where 100 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 9 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Uriemu9168/
Uremuu9111/
Guremu916/
Uroemu911/
Auremus831/
Iremu80198/
Uramu80160/
Oremu80136/
Uromu8035/
Urimu806/
Gouremou771/
Gureimou771/
Irhemu7331/
Uramau738/
Gurimu738/
Iremau733/
Ireumu732/
Uriomu731/
Urammu731/
Oreamu731/
Gaurimu673/
Hauramu672/
Orhiemu671/
Jiriemu671/
Irimu60357/
Iramu60264/
Orimu6023/
Iromu6013/
Huirrimou571/
Horimu5562/
Jiramu5522/
Hirimu5515/
Hiramu552/
Irimuș552/
Jirimu552/
Hiromu552/
Jiromu551/
Orimui551/
Hiramui501/

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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 Uremu
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