Amahum Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Amahum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amahum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618

Amahum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Amahum is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Amahum? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,772,636th most numerous surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Amahum reside; 76 percent reside in West Africa and 76 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 13,626,366. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 54 percent are found, Abia, where 23 percent are found and Rivers, where 23 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Indonesia, where 24 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ammahum92366/
Hamahoum862/
Amahoume862/
Améaume778/
Amaahom776/
Hamaoum774/
Aimahun771/
Hamahun771/
Hamayyum712/
Amaoun67309/
Amohom67215/
Amohun675/
Hamahusen671/
Ameeum671/

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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 Amahum
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