Awume Surname

212,324th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,940 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Togo
Highest density in:
Togo

Awume Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awume Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Togo1,5751:4,602829
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Awume Last Name Facts

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

The surname Awume occurs most in Togo. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Awume? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 212,324th most widespread last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,756,467 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Awume are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in Togo, where it is held by 1,575 people, or 1 in 4,602. Not including Togo it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 18 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Awumey913,122/
Awumee911,816/
Awoume911,013/
Awum89404/
Awoumey8324/
Awumihe831/
Awuma802,464/
Awumi80368/
Abume80224/
Avume80141/
Ewume8040/
Awoum8024/
Awome8020/
Owume8015/
Awime8010/
Awhum802/
Hawum801/
Awouma73559/
Avoume73255/
Awoumi7370/
Abuyme7362/
Aewumi7360/
Gavume7335/
Aboume7333/
Ewoume7325/
Awuuma736/
Abuime736/
Hawuma733/
Abhume733/
Habume733/
Owueme733/
Abumeh733/
Ewueme732/
Awuima732/
Awomeh732/
Hawhum731/
Awahum731/
Awieme731/
Owumhe731/
Awumoi731/
Awummi731/
Awimei731/
Awumma731/
Awoumé731/
Abumea731/
Abaume731/
Aibume731/
Ewumeh731/
Awimey731/
Awom673,489/
Abum67628/
Avum67163/
Owum677/
Aibaume675/
Ewwueme673/
Avoumey671/
Avoumie671/
Aboumey671/
Aiwimey671/
Haboume671/
Habaume671/
Abhoume671/
Eewueme671/

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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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