Atwom Surname
Approximately 160 people bear this surname
Atwom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 157 | 1:248,658 | 18,515 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Atwom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atwom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Atwom is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Atwom? popularity and diffusion
The surname Atwom is the 1,374,607th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 45,547,162 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Atwom live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 248,658. In Uganda Atwom is most prevalent in: Kitgum District, where 45 percent are found, Amuru District, where 38 percent are found and Pader District, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Uganda it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 1 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Atwom
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