Atukum Surname

1,428,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 151 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Atukum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Atukum Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1301:1,362,63753,337
Papua New Guinea191:429,14355,452
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638

Atukum (177) may also be a first name.

Atukum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Atukum is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Atukum.

How Common Is The Last Name Atukum? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,428,594th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 48,261,893 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Atukum are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 685,598th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 177 people.

This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 130 people, or 1 in 1,362,637. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Plateau, where 80 percent live, Kaduna, where 12 percent live and Nasarawa, where 4 percent live. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Atukume9244/
Hatukum921/
Atukuume868/
Atoukoum861/
Atikum8323/
Atukom835/
Attoukoum801/
Atiekum772/
Attikum772/
Athikum771/
Atokoum771/
Etoukeum711/
Atokom677/
Aticum671/
Otukom671/
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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 Atukum
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