Elume Surname
Approximately 790 people bear this surname
Elume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 419 | 1:49,568 | 6,490 |
| Nigeria | 217 | 1:816,326 | 36,276 |
| Uganda | 141 | 1:276,874 | 19,841 |
| Haiti | 9 | 1:1,187,101 | 12,579 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Elume (17) may also be a first name.
Elume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elume Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Elume occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Elume click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elume? popularity and diffusion
The surname Elume is the 434,913th most numerous surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 9,224,742 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Elume reside; 53 percent reside in Central Africa and 53 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 17 people.
This last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 419 people, or 1 in 49,568. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Southwest Region, where 86 percent live, Centre Region, where 10 percent live and Littoral Region, where 4 percent live. Aside from Cameroon it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 27 percent live and Uganda, where 18 percent live.
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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 Elume
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