Iyume Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

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

Iyume Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Iyume Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Iyume Last Name Facts

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

Iyume is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Iyume click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Iyume? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,587,209th most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Iyume occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Iyume live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Iyume is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 90 percent live and Rivers, where 10 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 8 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Iyum89210/
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Ihyum8018/
Jiyum802/
Giyum802/
Iyumi801/
Yeume801/
Iyoum801/
Ieyumi73511/
Ihyuma7319/
Yuyume733/
Yeoume732/
Yeumie732/
Yehoume67846/
Yeum67125/
Yuyumet6717/
Yyum676/
Ieum671/
Juijume671/
Ihuyuma671/
Yheoume671/
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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 Iyume
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