Awume Surname
Approximately 1,940 people bear this surname
Awume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 1,575 | 1:4,602 | 829 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Awume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awume Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awume is held by more people in Togo than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Awume? popularity and diffusion
The surname Awume is the 212,324th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 3,756,467 people. The surname Awume occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Awume reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Awume is most widely held in Togo, where it is borne by 1,575 people, or 1 in 4,602. Aside from Togo this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 18 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Awumey | 91 | 3,122 | / |
| Awumee | 91 | 1,816 | / |
| Awoume | 91 | 1,013 | / |
| Awum | 89 | 404 | / |
| Awoumey | 83 | 24 | / |
| Awumihe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Awuma | 80 | 2,464 | / |
| Awumi | 80 | 368 | / |
| Abume | 80 | 224 | / |
| Avume | 80 | 141 | / |
| Ewume | 80 | 40 | / |
| Awoum | 80 | 24 | / |
| Awome | 80 | 20 | / |
| Owume | 80 | 15 | / |
| Awime | 80 | 10 | / |
| Awhum | 80 | 2 | / |
| Hawum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Awouma | 73 | 559 | / |
| Avoume | 73 | 255 | / |
| Awoumi | 73 | 70 | / |
| Abuyme | 73 | 62 | / |
| Aewumi | 73 | 60 | / |
| Gavume | 73 | 35 | / |
| Aboume | 73 | 33 | / |
| Ewoume | 73 | 25 | / |
| Awuuma | 73 | 6 | / |
| Abuime | 73 | 6 | / |
| Hawuma | 73 | 3 | / |
| Abhume | 73 | 3 | / |
| Habume | 73 | 3 | / |
| Owueme | 73 | 3 | / |
| Abumeh | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ewueme | 73 | 2 | / |
| Awuima | 73 | 2 | / |
| Awomeh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Hawhum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awahum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awieme | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owumhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awumoi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awummi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awimei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awumma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awoumé | 73 | 1 | / |
| Abumea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Abaume | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aibume | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ewumeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awimey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awom | 67 | 3,489 | / |
| Abum | 67 | 628 | / |
| Avum | 67 | 163 | / |
| Owum | 67 | 7 | / |
| Aibaume | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ewwueme | 67 | 3 | / |
| Avoumey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Avoumie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aboumey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aiwimey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haboume | 67 | 1 | / |
| Habaume | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abhoume | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eewueme | 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
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- 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 Awume
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