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
Ifum occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ifum? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,048,281st most widespread last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ifum are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Ifum is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 236 people, or 1 in 750,605. In Nigeria it is most common in: Akwa Ibom, where 80 percent reside, Kano, where 8 percent reside and Cross River, where 5 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common 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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