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 last name Bomu (Marathi: बोमु) is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Bomu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bomu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 492,802nd most frequently held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 10,860,724 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Bomu reside; 62 percent reside in East Africa and 62 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Bomu is also the 101,550th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 4,575 people.
Bomu is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 273 people, or 1 in 169,157. In Kenya Bomu is mostly found in: Kilifi County, where 90 percent are found, Kwale County, where 3 percent are found and Mombasa County, where 3 percent are found. Not including Kenya this surname occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 18 percent are found and Nigeria, where 9 percent are found.
Bomu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the 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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