Awum Surname
Approximately 404 people bear this surname
Awum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 221 | 1:801,551 | 35,769 |
| Cameroon | 144 | 1:144,230 | 16,009 |
| Indonesia | 35 | 1:3,778,548 | 197,284 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Awum (21) may also be a first name.
Awum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awum is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Awum click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awum? popularity and diffusion
The last name Awum is the 721,185th most prevalent family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 18,038,480 people. The surname Awum occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Awum are found; 55 percent are found in West Africa and 55 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently used forename on earth, held by 21 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 221 people, or 1 in 801,551. In Nigeria it is most common in: Cross River, where 82 percent live, Rivers, where 7 percent live and Osun, where 4 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 36 percent live and Indonesia, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Awume | 89 | 1,940 | / |
| Awoum | 89 | 24 | / |
| Awhum | 89 | 2 | / |
| Hawum | 89 | 1 | / |
| Awoume | 80 | 1,013 | / |
| Hawhum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Awahum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Awom | 75 | 3,489 | / |
| Abum | 75 | 628 | / |
| Avum | 75 | 163 | / |
| Ewum | 75 | 149 | / |
| Awun | 75 | 149 | / |
| Owum | 75 | 7 | / |
| Hawom | 67 | 220 | / |
| Aboum | 67 | 145 | / |
| Avume | 67 | 141 | / |
| Abuhm | 67 | 122 | / |
| Awune | 67 | 84 | / |
| Awaun | 67 | 31 | / |
| Gavum | 67 | 22 | / |
| Hawun | 67 | 21 | / |
| Owume | 67 | 15 | / |
| Avoum | 67 | 14 | / |
| Awuin | 67 | 7 | / |
| Awgun | 67 | 5 | / |
| Abuim | 67 | 4 | / |
| Awoun | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ewumm | 67 | 2 | / |
| Abaum | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aiwun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owutm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awunh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ewaum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Auwun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owuim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aywun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obaum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Avuim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aiwom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ewuim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Avaum | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Awum
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