Bomu Surname
Approximately 671 people bear this surname
Bomu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 273 | 1:169,157 | 12,975 |
| Tanzania | 120 | 1:441,180 | 30,663 |
| Nigeria | 61 | 1:2,903,980 | 91,283 |
| Papua New Guinea | 50 | 1:163,074 | 22,562 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Liberia | 32 | 1:137,767 | 10,163 |
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Bomu (4,575) may also be a first name.
Bomu Demographics
Bomu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Bomu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bomu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bomu (Marathi: बोमु) is most common in Kenya. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Bomu.
How Common Is The Last Name Bomu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bomu is the 492,802nd most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 10,860,724 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Bomu are found; 62 percent are found in East Africa and 62 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Bomu is also the 101,550th most frequently used given name internationally. It is borne by 4,575 people.
It is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 273 people, or 1 in 169,157. In Kenya it is most common in: Kilifi County, where 90 percent live, Kwale County, where 3 percent live and Mombasa County, where 3 percent live. Excluding Kenya it is found in 19 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 18 percent live and Nigeria, where 9 percent live.
Bomu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Bomu last name is predominantly Christian (75%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bomu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bomu in the Marathi language | ||
| बोमु | bomu | 64.29 |
| बोमू | bomu | 28.57 |
| भोमू | bhomu | 7.14 |
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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 Bomu
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