Lerumu Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Lerumu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lerumu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Lerumu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lerumu is found most in South Africa. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lerumu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lerumu is the 6,360,413th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. Lerumu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lerumu live; 89 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 6,772,213. In South Africa Lerumu is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 63 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 13 percent live and Limpopo, where 13 percent live. Apart from South Africa this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Sudan, where 11 percent live.

Lerumu Last Name Statistics demography

Lerumu earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 30.49% less than the national average, earning R 165,180 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lorumu8346/
Larumu836/
Loruumui711/
Larimu6715/
Liromu671/
Lorimu671/
Lirimu671/
Llarimu624/
Lharimu623/
Laharimu571/

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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 Lerumu
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