Ionum Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Vanuatu

Ionum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ionum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086

Ionum Last Name Facts

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

Ionum has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ionum? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,391,485th most frequent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Ionum live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 100 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in New Caledonia, where 8 percent are found and Vanuatu, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Inum89308/
Hinum80181/
Einum80118/
Innum80108/
Inaum8069/
Inume8057/
Ainum8053/
Inumm8030/
Ingum8026/
Jinum8023/
Ginum8018/
Inoum807/
Imnum807/
Inuum801/
Ignum801/
Iamnum73127/
Yotnum7374/
Jitnum7354/
Hinnum7342/
Aineum7317/
Jonnum7315/
Heinum7313/
Jingum738/
Gingum734/
Yongum733/
Jonaum732/
Ainnum732/
Jomnum732/
Inhoum731/
Ajonum731/
Huinum731/
Yoonum731/
Yimnum731/
Ingoum731/
Iagnum731/
Iatnum731/
Oyonum731/
Enum67135/
Inom6745/
Ihangum6742/
Gainuim679/
Inumowa676/
Ijongun673/
Ynum672/
Yongnum671/
Ihongun671/
Ijangum671/
Yonutem671/
Yingoum671/
Yiamnum671/
Ainhume671/
Jongnum671/
Jitnuim671/
Ginhoum671/

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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 Ionum
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