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
The last name Enyum is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Enyum? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 839,220th most commonly occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 22,218,128 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Enyum live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 617,781st most frequent first name in the world, borne by 214 people.
The surname Enyum is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 307 people, or 1 in 577,012. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ebonyi, where 44 percent are found, Cross River, where 35 percent are found and Taraba, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found 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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