Elums Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Elums Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
Elums Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elums Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Elums occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Elums? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,957,383rd most commonly occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Elums live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 8,857,138. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Oyo, where 50 percent are found, Lagos, where 15 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helums | 91 | 86 | / |
| Elhums | 91 | 6 | / |
| Eluems | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ellums | 91 | 1 | / |
| Elumns | 91 | 0 | / |
| Hellums | 83 | 1,190 | / |
| Elhoums | 83 | 1 | / |
| Alums | 80 | 71 | / |
| Eloms | 80 | 9 | / |
| Elims | 80 | 5 | / |
| Olums | 80 | 2 | / |
| Eluns | 80 | 2 | / |
| Helliums | 77 | 0 | / |
| Allums | 73 | 1,712 | / |
| Ellims | 73 | 58 | / |
| Ealoms | 73 | 48 | / |
| Halums | 73 | 21 | / |
| Alhums | 73 | 9 | / |
| Holums | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ilgums | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iluems | 73 | 1 | / |
| Heluns | 73 | 0 | / |
| Helims | 73 | 0 | / |
| Heloms | 73 | 0 | / |
| Hallums | 67 | 1,050 | / |
| Gailums | 67 | 431 | / |
| Hollums | 67 | 173 | / |
| Helloms | 67 | 44 | / |
| Gillums | 67 | 30 | / |
| Ellimms | 67 | 10 | / |
| Gajlums | 67 | 2 | / |
| Heliuns | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hillums | 67 | 1 | / |
| Helluns | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Elums
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis