Humu Surname
Approximately 2,467 people bear this surname
Humu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 1,241 | 1:1,941 | 283 |
| Ghana | 831 | 1:32,516 | 3,831 |
| Indonesia | 159 | 1:831,756 | 62,946 |
| Tanzania | 133 | 1:398,057 | 28,212 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Finland | 12 | 1:458,058 | 28,977 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Humu (2,637) may also be a first name.
Humu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Humu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Humu (Hindi: हुमु, Marathi: हुमु) is carried by more people in Namibia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Humu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Humu is the 174,030th most numerous family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 2,954,011 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Humu reside; 52 percent reside in Southern Africa and 52 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 143,013th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 2,637 people.
The last name Humu is most commonly occurring in Namibia, where it is borne by 1,241 people, or 1 in 1,941. In Namibia Humu is mostly found in: Kunene Region, where 98 percent reside, Khomas Region, where 2 percent reside and Erongo Region, where 0 percent reside. Besides Namibia it exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 34 percent reside and Indonesia, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Humu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Humu in the Marathi language | ||
| हुमु | humu | - |
| Humu in the Hindi language | ||
| हुमु | humu | 50 |
| हुमाु | humau | 50 |
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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 Humu
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