Igumu Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Igumu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Igumu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea221:370,62448,900
Uganda111:3,549,02589,142
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Igumu Last Name Facts

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

Igumu occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Igumu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,944,094th most widespread last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Igumu live; 50 percent live in Oceania Islands and 50 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 370,624. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Central, where 100 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea Igumu exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 25 percent reside and Nigeria, where 23 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Igummu911/
Igoumou839/
Igomu802,841/
Igimu80449/
Egumu8084/
Ugumu8016/
Higoumou771/
Iggomu7353/
Engumu7334/
Ighomu735/
Igomuh731/
Ughumu731/
Egoumou671/
Engoumou6213/
Egimu60518/
Egomu6027/
Igomou551/

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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 Igumu
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