Enyum Surname
Approximately 328 people bear this surname
Enyum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 307 | 1:577,012 | 27,888 |
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
Enyum (214) may also be a first name.
Enyum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Enyum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Enyum occurs most in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Enyum? popularity and diffusion
It is the 839,220th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 22,218,128 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Enyum reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 617,781st most commonly used given name throughout the world, held by 214 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 307 people, or 1 in 577,012. In Nigeria Enyum is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 44 percent are found, Cross River, where 35 percent are found and Taraba, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 6 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enyoum | 91 | 3 | / |
| Enyume | 91 | 1 | / |
| Enjum | 80 | 380 | / |
| Inyum | 80 | 17 | / |
| Enium | 80 | 12 | / |
| Henjum | 73 | 653 | / |
| Hegnum | 73 | 8 | / |
| Genium | 73 | 8 | / |
| Enoyom | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ginyum | 73 | 2 | / |
| Henium | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ennium | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jenjum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Enayom | 73 | 1 | / |
| Enjaume | 67 | 15 | / |
| Henhoum | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yemnjum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jeenjum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egnoume | 67 | 1 | / |
| Enjoume | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eneoume | 67 | 1 | / |
| Injum | 60 | 167 | / |
| Inium | 60 | 6 | / |
| Enjom | 60 | 5 | / |
| Eneom | 60 | 4 | / |
| Ignum | 60 | 1 | / |
| Ennoujoum | 57 | 12 | / |
| Hinium | 55 | 51 | / |
| Enjoem | 55 | 36 | / |
| Jinjum | 55 | 9 | / |
| Injoum | 55 | 7 | / |
| Ajnjum | 55 | 5 | / |
| Ainjum | 55 | 2 | / |
| Yinjum | 55 | 1 | / |
| Injjum | 55 | 1 | / |
| Inhoum | 55 | 1 | / |
| Yimnium | 50 | 2 | / |
| Yinjgum | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Enyum
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