Kumah Surname
Approximately 43,911 people bear this surname
Kumah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 42,671 | 1:633 | 87 |
| Liberia | 480 | 1:9,184 | 1,037 |
| United States | 221 | 1:1,640,086 | 109,636 |
| England | 161 | 1:346,075 | 25,095 |
| Nigeria | 141 | 1:1,256,332 | 50,205 |
| Cameroon | 72 | 1:288,459 | 27,220 |
| Indonesia | 51 | 1:2,593,121 | 151,846 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Northern Cyprus | 2 | 1:159,506 | 9,062 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Kumah (4,294) may also be a first name.
Kumah Demographics
Average Kumah Salary in
United States
$40,655 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kumah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kumah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kumah (Hindi: कुमार, Oriya: କୁମାହ) is more frequently found in Ghana than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kumah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 12,788th most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 165,962 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kumah reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kumah is also the 105,578th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 4,294 people.
Kumah is most common in Ghana, where it is held by 42,671 people, or 1 in 633. Outside of Ghana it exists in 42 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Kumah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kumah has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 22,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kumah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Kumah are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the party.
The amount Kumah earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 12.68% less than the national average, earning R 207,516 per year; in United States they earn 5.78% less than the national average, earning $40,655 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.73% more than the national average, earning $56,506 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kumah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kumah in the Hindi language | ||
| कुमार | kumara | - |
| Kumah in the Oriya language | ||
| କୁମାହ | kumaha | - |
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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 Kumah
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