Etomu Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Etomu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Etomu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda591:661,68333,952
Cameroon261:798,81055,510
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
England11:55,718,059489,080

Etomu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Etomu is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Etomu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Etomu? popularity and diffusion

Etomu is the 1,849,867th most widely held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. The surname Etomu is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Etomu are found; 59 percent are found in East Africa and 58 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Etomu is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 59 people, or 1 in 661,683. In Uganda Etomu is primarily found in: Soroti District, where 53 percent live, Kaberamaido District, where 44 percent live and Abim District, where 2 percent live. Besides Uganda it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 26 percent live and Nigeria, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Estomu911/
Etoumou83180/
Etoimou8332/
Etumu80312/
Etemu80171/
Etamu80164/
Otomu80136/
Atomu8022/
Itomu8011/
Ettoumou7725/
Atomou7340/
Ettemu7318/
Itomui739/
Ettamu737/
Yetamu737/
Etemau737/
Ethamu734/
Ottomu734/
Hotomu733/
Hitomu732/
Otomou732/
Etummu732/
Ethemu731/
Itoemu731/
Otoumou6785/
Itoumou6724/
Etthamu673/
Ethemou671/
Ethemau671/
Itoomou671/
Yethamu671/
Gethamu671/
Jhetamu671/

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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 Etomu
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