Dhumu Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Dhumu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dhumu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe621:249,00426,834
India111:69,733,217610,955
England11:55,718,059489,080
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413

Dhumu (243) may also be a first name.

Dhumu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dhumu (Hindi: धूमू, Marathi: धुमू, Oriya: ଢୁମୁ) has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Dhumu.

How Common Is The Last Name Dhumu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,185,341st most widespread surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Dhumu live; 83 percent live in Southern Africa and 83 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 573,164th most widespread given name on earth. It is borne by 243 people.

The last name is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 249,004. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Midlands Province, where 85 percent are found, Harare Province, where 13 percent are found and Masvingo Province, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 15 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dhummu9161/
Dahumu9116/
Dhumau9110/
Dumu891,203/
Dhumaux8329/
Dummu802,924/
Dumui80198/
Doumu80176/
Dumut80128/
Dumus80120/
Dhomu8050/
Dumau8041/
Dumuy8038/
Dhimu8019/
Dumuh8013/
Dumou8010/
Dumeu809/
Daumu802/
Dumuz801/
Deumu801/
Dumgu801/
Dusmu801/
Duhmu801/
Duymuş733,274/
Doumou731,415/
Dumoux73352/
Dumeus73233/
Dumuuy73122/
Dumuis73109/
Dumaup73102/
Dumout7397/
Dumuid7396/
Deumou7361/
Dusmus7322/
Dumaux7311/
Duymus738/
Doumeu738/
Dhoomu733/
Dumaud732/
Dumuys732/
Dummus732/
Dummuu731/
Dhumoe731/
Dhommu731/
Daumus731/
Dumaus731/
Dummud731/
Thdumu731/
Dumuth731/
Duymuz731/
Dumoud731/
Deumeu731/
Dummuh731/
Dumuhe731/
Dumeux731/
Dumuța731/
Dumous730/
Dumult730/
Doumus730/
Dimu672,823/
Domu67956/
Dumouch6797/
Doumaux6744/
Dumuids6741/
Doumgou676/
Doummou674/
Doumous673/
Doumush672/
Doumhou671/

Dhumu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dhumu in the Hindi language
धूमूdhumu-
Dhumu in the Oriya language
ଢୁମୁdhumu-
Dhumu in the Marathi language
धुमूdhumu50
धुमुdhumu50

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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 Dhumu
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