Ifum Surname
Approximately 239 people bear this surname
Ifum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 236 | 1:750,605 | 34,037 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Ifum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ifum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ifum is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ifum? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ifum is the 1,048,281st most frequent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. The surname Ifum occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ifum reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 236 people, or 1 in 750,605. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Akwa Ibom, where 80 percent reside, Kano, where 8 percent reside and Cross River, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Thailand, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Ifum
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