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) occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bomu? popularity and diffusion
Bomu is the 492,802nd most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,860,724 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Bomu live; 62 percent live in East Africa and 62 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Bomu is also the 101,550th most numerous forename throughout the world, borne by 4,575 people.
It is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 273 people, or 1 in 169,157. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kilifi County, where 90 percent reside, Kwale County, where 3 percent reside and Mombasa County, where 3 percent reside. Besides Kenya this last name exists in 19 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 18 percent reside and Nigeria, where 9 percent reside.
Bomu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly 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
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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 Bomu
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