Use Surname
Approximately 1,906 people bear this surname
Use Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 609 | 1:290,875 | 16,329 |
| India | 275 | 1:2,789,329 | 85,809 |
| Indonesia | 260 | 1:508,651 | 41,493 |
| Belgium | 119 | 1:96,610 | 14,836 |
| United States | 117 | 1:3,097,940 | 179,693 |
| Malaysia | 113 | 1:261,011 | 14,629 |
| Spain | 76 | 1:615,158 | 28,427 |
| France | 52 | 1:1,277,360 | 130,443 |
| Japan | 44 | 1:2,905,552 | 32,685 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Iran | 20 | 1:3,839,126 | 105,129 |
| Latvia | 17 | 1:120,591 | 17,235 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Bulgaria | 9 | 1:775,434 | 29,551 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| American Samoa | 8 | 1:6,970 | 1,431 |
| Peru | 7 | 1:4,540,589 | 34,489 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
The alternate forms: Usé (41) & Üse (1) are calculated separately.
Use (2,788) may also be a first name.
Use Demographics
Average Use Salary in
United States
$57,831 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Use Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Use Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Use (Hindi: उसे, Marathi: फ़ुसे) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Usé or Üse. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Use? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 215,535th most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 3,823,476 people. The last name Use is primarily found in Asia, where 40 percent of Use are found; 32 percent are found in West Africa and 32 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Use is also the 138,221st most common first name world-wide It is held by 2,788 people.
Use is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 609 people, or 1 in 290,875. In Nigeria Use is most prevalent in: Benue, where 44 percent live, Akwa Ibom, where 20 percent live and Cross River, where 9 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 57 countries. It is also common in India, where 14 percent live and Indonesia, where 14 percent live.
Use Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Use has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name rose 850 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Use Last Name Statistics demography
Use earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 34.03% more than the national average, earning $57,831 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Use Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Use in the Hindi language | ||
| उसे | use | 88.89 |
| ूसे | use | 11.11 |
| Use in the Marathi language | ||
| फ़ुसे | fuse | 60.87 |
| उसे | use | 31.52 |
| फ़ूसे | fuse | 6.52 |
| ऊसे | use | 1.09 |
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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 Use
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