Kuume Surname
Approximately 713 people bear this surname
Kuume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 693 | 1:3,477 | 611 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Kuume (77) may also be a first name.
Kuume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuume Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kuume occurs most in Namibia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kuume.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuume? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kuume is the 470,770th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 10,220,962 people. Kuume occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kuume are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,100,117th most widespread first name globally It is held by 77 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Namibia, where it is carried by 693 people, or 1 in 3,477. In Namibia it is primarily concentrated in: Omusati Region, where 44 percent live, Khomas Region, where 20 percent live and Otjozondjupa Region, where 19 percent live. Aside from Namibia Kuume occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
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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 Kuume
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