Lontum Surname
Approximately 536 people bear this surname
Lontum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 530 | 1:39,187 | 5,238 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Lontum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lontum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lontum is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Lontum.
How Common Is The Last Name Lontum? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 584,278th most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 13,596,168 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Lontum reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 530 people, or 1 in 39,187. In Cameroon it is most common in: Northwest Region, where 85 percent reside, Centre Region, where 5 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 5 percent reside. Beside Cameroon Lontum occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lonthum | 92 | 0 | / |
| Lantum | 83 | 246 | / |
| Luntum | 83 | 4 | / |
| Lontom | 83 | 3 | / |
| Lomtum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lantoum | 77 | 22 | / |
| Lahntum | 77 | 17 | / |
| Lontung | 77 | 5 | / |
| Lonthom | 77 | 2 | / |
| Hlantum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lamntoum | 71 | 31 | / |
| Lantaume | 71 | 5 | / |
| Hlantume | 71 | 2 | / |
| Lounthom | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lonton | 67 | 115 | / |
| Lantom | 67 | 9 | / |
| Lantun | 67 | 6 | / |
| Lanthaume | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lountoung | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lamtum | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lomtung | 62 | 118 | / |
| Loynton | 62 | 93 | / |
| Lounton | 62 | 70 | / |
| Lantung | 62 | 29 | / |
| Lamtoum | 62 | 23 | / |
| Llonton | 62 | 2 | / |
| Lanthun | 62 | 1 | / |
| Lionton | 62 | 1 | / |
| Laantun | 62 | 1 | / |
| Lointon | 62 | 0 | / |
| Launtung | 57 | 7 | / |
| Loonthon | 57 | 4 | / |
| Landtoum | 57 | 1 | / |
| Loumtoum | 57 | 1 | / |
| Langeetun | 53 | 28 | / |
| Lanton | 50 | 582 | / |
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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
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- 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 Lontum
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