Inum Surname

876,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 308 people bear this surname

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

Inum Surname User-submission:

The surname Inum means 'drink'. It comes from the word num, which means 'drink', 'to drink'. The word inum has many other variants in Austronesian languages.

Inum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1331:1,331,90052,479
Papua New Guinea741:110,18514,934
Indonesia601:2,204,153134,948
India191:40,371,862445,856
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Inum (192) may also be a first name.

Inum Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Inum means 'drink'. It comes from the word num, which means 'drink', 'to drink'. The word inum has many other variants in Austronesian languages.

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Inum Last Name Facts

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

Inum (Hindi: ईनुम, Oriya: ଇନୁମ) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Inum? popularity and diffusion

Inum is the 876,631st most frequent last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,660,863 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 44 percent of Inum live; 43 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 655,603rd most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 192 people.

The surname Inum is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 133 people, or 1 in 1,331,900. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 95 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 1 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 24 percent reside and Indonesia, where 19 percent reside.

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Jinom6712/
Genum6712/
Yinun6710/
Aynum678/
Hinun678/
Hinom676/
Enoum675/
Inunn674/
Innom673/
Inuin673/
Inoom671/
Eynum671/
Inoun671/
Unuum671/
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Unaum671/
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Inum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Inum in the Oriya language
ଇନୁମinuma-
Inum in the Hindi language
ईनुमinuma40
इनुमinuma40
इनूमinuma20

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