Uruama Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Uruama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 49 | 1:3,615,158 | 105,602 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Uruama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uruama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Uruama is most common in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Uruama? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,718,172nd most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Uruama live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 3,615,158. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Enugu, where 31 percent reside, Abia, where 20 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Venezuela, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guruama | 92 | 5 | / |
| Uruamah | 92 | 2 | / |
| Ouruama | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gauruama | 86 | 21 | / |
| Guruamma | 86 | 1 | / |
| Oruama | 83 | 1,015 | / |
| Iruama | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gauruamma | 80 | 9 | / |
| Oruamah | 77 | 3 | / |
| Oruhama | 77 | 2 | / |
| Oruamma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gurvamma | 71 | 168 | / |
| Hiruhama | 71 | 14 | / |
| Guruaami | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oruame | 67 | 119 | / |
| Iruoma | 67 | 78 | / |
| Oruoma | 67 | 15 | / |
| Oruami | 67 | 4 | / |
| Urbami | 67 | 3 | / |
| Uruomo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uruome | 67 | 1 | / |
| Urbamo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Urboma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orwama | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oruamhe | 62 | 10 | / |
| Orwamo | 50 | 186 | / |
| Orwoma | 50 | 7 | / |
| Irwamo | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Uruama
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis