Igumo Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Igumo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Igumo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania81:6,617,70268,742
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Igumo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Igumo Come From? nationality or country of origin

Igumo is most common in Tanzania. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Igumo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,649,889th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 56 percent of Igumo live; 44 percent live in East Africa and 44 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 6,617,702. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Shinyanga Region, where 50 percent reside and Simiyu Region, where 50 percent reside. Beside Tanzania this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 39 percent reside and Nigeria, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Igoumo91168/
Ighumo914/
Ingumo912/
Igoumou839/
Igouymo831/
Igoumoh831/
Iguma802,121/
Egumo8035/
Igomo8035/
Igimo8031/
Ugumo808/
Higoumou771/
Higuma731,155/
Igumah73428/
Ighomo73176/
Inguma7368/
Igimoh7326/
Igouma7311/
Igomoh7311/
Ioguma734/
Igumat734/
Yiguma734/
Higimo734/
Igumha733/
Igumma731/
Igomou731/
Jiguma731/
Ighuma731/
Egoumo731/
Hugumo731/
Aigomo731/
Yinguma6768/
Ingouma6715/
Jigouma6712/
Jighimo678/
Gigouma678/
Egoumou671/
Ginguma671/
Hinguma671/
Hugumoh671/

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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 Igumo
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