Arumu Surname

772,238th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 368 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Arumu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arumu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2531:182,52913,729
Nigeria561:3,163,26496,723
Papua New Guinea331:247,08233,879
Uganda161:2,439,95572,451
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Arumu (39) may also be a first name.

Arumu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Arumu occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Arumu.

How Common Is The Last Name Arumu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 772,238th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 19,803,114 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Arumu live; 73 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most frequent given name worldwide. It is borne by 39 people.

The last name Arumu is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 253 people, or 1 in 182,529. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Turkana County, where 100 percent reside. Not including Kenya this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 15 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent reside.

Arumu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Arumu last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Harumu9126/
Ajrumu916/
Arumus914/
Arumuh911/
Airumu911/
Arumui911/
Arumau911/
Haerumu837/
Haarumu831/
Erumu80461/
Arimu80218/
Orumu8083/
Aromu8032/
Ha'arumu771/
Garoumou771/
Harimu73659/
Eruemu73290/
Ariemu73146/
Gorumu7331/
Oruemu7318/
Arimui736/
Ourumu735/
Erhumu734/
Haromu734/
Ereumu731/
Orumeu731/
Ehrumu731/
Arromu731/
Aroomu731/
Oruumu731/
Erhuemu674/

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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 Arumu
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