Ekumu Surname

327,420th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,134 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Ekumu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ekumu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1,0881:67,9048,002
Uganda271:1,445,89953,777
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Ekumu (22) may also be a first name.

Ekumu Last Name Facts

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

Ekumu is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekumu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 327,420th most widely held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 6,426,407 people. Ekumu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekumu are found; 96 percent are found in Central Africa and 96 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Ekumu is also the 2,301,746th most frequently occurring given name globally, held by 22 people.

The last name Ekumu is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is held by 1,088 people, or 1 in 67,904. Apart from The DR Congo this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekumou9142/
Yekumu9118/
Ekumut917/
Ekuemu911/
Ekumau911/
Gekumu911/
Ekoumou831,446/
Ekhuemu831/
Eshkumu831/
Okumu80103,840/
Akumu8063,095/
Ekomu80462/
Ikumu80374/
Ekimu80320/
Ecumu80246/
Ekhomu7394/
Akumou7319/
Okhumu7315/
Hakumu7313/
Okuumu739/
Akkumu736/
Akummu733/
Okumuu732/
Okummu732/
Gikumu732/
Akumuh732/
Akuimu731/
Okoumu731/
Ekoomu731/
Yokumu731/
Okumuș731/
Okumuå731/
Okumuj731/
Okkumu731/
Eikhomu674/
Ikoumou671/

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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 Ekumu
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