Awumey Surname

142,514th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Awumey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awumey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana2,5631:10,5431,407
Togo5251:13,8053,854
United States201:18,122,947588,089
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
China21:683,660,78330,601
England21:27,859,030389,889
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Awumey (10) may also be a first name.

Awumey Last Name Facts

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

The last name Awumey is found most frequently in Ghana. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Awumey? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 142,514th most commonly held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 2,334,256 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Awumey are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Awumey is also the 3,684,242nd most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 10 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is held by 2,563 people, or 1 in 10,543. Excluding Ghana this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 17 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Awumey Last Name Statistics demography

Awumey earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.28% less than the national average, earning $42,167 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Awoumey9224/
Awume911,940/
Awumee831,816/
Awoume831,013/
Awimey831/
Aiwimey771/
Avoumey771/
Awumihe771/
Aboumey771/
Awuma732,464/
Awumi73368/
Abume73224/
Avume73141/
Ewume7340/
Awome7320/
Owume7315/
Awime7310/
Abuimeye711/
Awouma67559/
Awumah67499/
Avoume67255/
Awoumi6770/
Abuyme6762/
Aewumi6760/
Gavume6735/
Aboume6733/
Ewoume6725/
Abuime676/
Awuuma676/
Hawuma673/
Habume673/
Owueme673/
Abumeh673/
Abhume673/
Gawuma673/
Awomeh672/
Awuima672/
Ewueme672/
Awumma671/
Abaume671/
Aboumy671/
Abumea671/
Awomeu671/
Awoumé671/
Awieme671/
Ewumeh671/
Awumou671/
Awimei671/
Awummi671/
Awumoi671/
Avomey671/
Owumhe671/
Aibume671/

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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 Awumey
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