Fulum Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Fulum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Fulum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fulum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fulum (Marathi: फुलुम) is found most in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fulum? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,307,654th most frequently occurring family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Fulum occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Fulum are found; 76 percent are found in West Africa and 76 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Fulum is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria Fulum is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 94 percent are found and Enugu, where 6 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 10 percent are found and Canada, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fulume | 91 | 670 | / |
| Fullum | 91 | 654 | / |
| Fulgum | 91 | 21 | / |
| Foulum | 91 | 11 | / |
| Faulum | 91 | 4 | / |
| Fulhum | 91 | 3 | / |
| Fuhlum | 91 | 1 | / |
| Fulyum | 91 | 1 | / |
| Fulium | 91 | 1 | / |
| Fullium | 83 | 3 | / |
| Fulgaum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fulguhm | 83 | 1 | / |
| Vulum | 80 | 106 | / |
| Filum | 80 | 18 | / |
| Fulun | 80 | 3 | / |
| Folum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vullum | 73 | 191 | / |
| Foloum | 73 | 77 | / |
| Follum | 73 | 75 | / |
| Fuloun | 73 | 62 | / |
| Fullom | 73 | 48 | / |
| Fulung | 73 | 10 | / |
| Phulum | 73 | 8 | / |
| Fulgun | 73 | 7 | / |
| Folium | 73 | 6 | / |
| Vuluum | 73 | 4 | / |
| Filium | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fullun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fileum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fulune | 73 | 0 | / |
| Faulhaume | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fuillaume | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phulume | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fouloun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faulung | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vouloum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phuulum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fullune | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fulgunn | 67 | 0 | / |
Fulum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fulum in the Marathi language | ||
| फुलुम | phuluma | 92.31 |
| फुलूम | phuluma | 7.69 |
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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 Fulum
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