Abunumah Surname

1,177,228th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 202 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Abunumah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abunumah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2001:885,71438,609
England11:55,718,059489,080
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Abunumah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Abunumah is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Abunumah? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,177,228th most widespread family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 36,076,960 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Abunumah live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 200 people, or 1 in 885,714. In Nigeria Abunumah is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 80 percent are found, Kebbi, where 11 percent are found and Lagos, where 7 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aabunumah941/
Abunuma9376/
Abunumay88199/
Abunimah886/
Ebunumah881/
Abunima8022/
Obunuma8021/
Obunomah757/
Owunumah751/
Abounima751/
Abunomo676/
Abonoma671/
Obunoma671/
Obunima671/
Ajwonuma631/
Abonomay631/
Aibunomo631/

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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 Abunumah
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