Barkuma Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Barkuma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Barkuma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria251:7,085,710162,099
Ethiopia91:10,838,47414,518

Barkuma (18) may also be a first name.

Barkuma Last Name Facts

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

The surname Barkuma is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Barkuma? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,373,373rd most prevalent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name Barkuma is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Barkuma live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Barkuma is also the 2,608,198th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 18 people.

The last name Barkuma is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 7,085,710. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Gombe, where 72 percent live, Abia, where 12 percent live and Kano, where 4 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 26 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Barkoumas881/
Barkima86270/
Barcuma86166/
Barkume86139/
Barkoma8658/
Borkuma865/
Berkuma861/
Barkoumi80135/
Barkkume8036/
Barkimma801/
Bourkouma751/
Barcoma713,747/
Barcume7164/
Borkoma7142/
Berkima7112/
Barkoumieh713/
Barkomi712/
Barkomo711/
Baarcoma671/
Berkhima671/
Vourkouma631/
Barcome57127/

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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 Barkuma
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