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 surname Arumu occurs most in Kenya. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Arumu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 772,238th most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by around 1 in 19,803,114 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Arumu are found; 73 percent are found in East Africa and 70 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Arumu is also the 1,637,361st most numerous given name throughout the world It is held by 39 people.

This last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 253 people, or 1 in 182,529. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Turkana County, where 100 percent live. Other than Kenya it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 15 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent live.

Arumu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Arumu surname 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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