Abuma Surname
Approximately 542 people bear this surname
Abuma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 423 | 1:418,777 | 21,740 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Uganda | 37 | 1:1,055,116 | 44,846 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Abuma (222) may also be a first name.
Abuma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abuma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Abuma (Bengali: আবুমা) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Abuma click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abuma? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 579,404th most numerous family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 13,445,657 people. The surname Abuma is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Abuma live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 605,116th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 222 people.
This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 423 people, or 1 in 418,777. In Nigeria Abuma is mostly found in: Kogi, where 64 percent reside, Kaduna, where 7 percent reside and Benue, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside and Uganda, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abuma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abuma in the Bengali language | ||
| আবুমা | abuma | - |
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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 Abuma
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