Fulume Surname
Approximately 670 people bear this surname
Fulume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 623 | 1:118,587 | 12,916 |
| Nigeria | 45 | 1:3,936,506 | 111,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Fulume (42) may also be a first name.
Fulume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fulume Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fulume is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fulume? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 493,410th most prevalent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 10,876,934 people. The last name Fulume is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fulume reside; 93 percent reside in Central Africa and 93 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Fulume is also the 1,566,439th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 42 people.
The surname is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 623 people, or 1 in 118,587. Apart from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 7 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fulumes | 92 | 1 | / |
| Fulum | 91 | 21 | / |
| Fullum | 83 | 654 | / |
| Fuluma | 83 | 35 | / |
| Fulgum | 83 | 21 | / |
| Foulum | 83 | 11 | / |
| Faulum | 83 | 4 | / |
| Fulhum | 83 | 3 | / |
| Fulumi | 83 | 2 | / |
| Fulyum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fulium | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fuhlum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Folume | 83 | 1 | / |
| Faulhaume | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fuillaume | 80 | 1 | / |
| Faulime | 77 | 36 | / |
| Fulomea | 77 | 11 | / |
| Fullium | 77 | 3 | / |
| Phulume | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ffuluma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vulumea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fullumj | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fulguhm | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fulgaum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vulum | 73 | 106 | / |
| Folum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phulumes | 71 | 4 | / |
| Fouloumi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Vuilaume | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vullaume | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vuillaume | 67 | 4,344 | / |
| Vullum | 67 | 191 | / |
| Foloum | 67 | 77 | / |
| Follum | 67 | 75 | / |
| Fullom | 67 | 48 | / |
| Foluma | 67 | 35 | / |
| Phulum | 67 | 8 | / |
| Folium | 67 | 6 | / |
| Vuluum | 67 | 4 | / |
| Folome | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vilume | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vulime | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fuloma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fulimi | 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 Fulume
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