Edum Surname
Approximately 2,181 people bear this surname
Edum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,811 | 1:97,815 | 6,682 |
| Cameroon | 313 | 1:66,355 | 8,394 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Edum (346) may also be a first name.
Edum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Edum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Edum is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Edum? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 192,952nd most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 3,341,378 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Edum are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Edum is also the 468,941st most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 346 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,811 people, or 1 in 97,815. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Rivers, where 45 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 31 percent reside and Cross River, where 9 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Edum occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 14 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
Edum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Edum has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Edum surname decreased 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Edum
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