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
Use (Hindi: उसे, Marathi: फ़ुसे) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Usé or Üse. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Use? popularity and diffusion
Use is the 215,535th most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 3,823,476 people. The surname Use occurs predominantly 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. It is also the 138,221st most widespread given name worldwide. It is borne by 2,788 people.
Use is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 609 people, or 1 in 290,875. In Nigeria Use is most numerous in: Benue, where 44 percent live, Akwa Ibom, where 20 percent live and Cross River, where 9 percent live. Other than Nigeria it is found in 57 countries. It is also found in India, where 14 percent live and Indonesia, where 14 percent live.
Use Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Use has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Use last name increased 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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