Lumun Surname

689,921st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 429 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Lumun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lumun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3321:533,56326,209
Indonesia731:1,811,633116,472
Malaysia211:1,404,48759,312
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Lumun (614) may also be a first name.

Lumun Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lumun occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Lumun click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lumun? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lumun is the 689,921st most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 16,987,287 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 78 percent of Lumun live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lumun is also the 337,097th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 614 people.

Lumun is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 332 people, or 1 in 533,563. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 92 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 4 percent reside and Zamfara, where 2 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 17 percent reside and Malaysia, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lumung9115/
Lummun916/
Lumune912/
Laumun910/
Laumung835/
Lumaung833/
Lumuine831/
Limun801,274/
Lumon80125/
Lomun8053/
Lumum804/
Liumoung771/
Leumaung771/
Laumon73190/
Loumon7337/
Limhun7334/
Lummon736/
Limmun735/
Leumon732/
Loomun732/
Lommun731/
Lomhun731/
Liaumon6731/
Lomhaun671/
Lummoon671/
Lhimhun671/
Lomon601,146/
Lommon5510/

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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 Lumun
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