Lusuma Surname

1,565,797th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Lusuma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lusuma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1021:155,39111,047
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Tanzania81:6,617,70268,742

Lusuma (17) may also be a first name.

Lusuma Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lusuma (Oriya: ଲୁସୁମା) is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Lusuma.

How Common Is The Last Name Lusuma? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,565,797th most commonly used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lusuma reside; 78 percent reside in Southern Africa and 78 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most numerous given name world-wide, borne by 17 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is carried by 102 people, or 1 in 155,391. In Zambia Lusuma is most common in: Copperbelt Province, where 74 percent live and North-Western Province, where 26 percent live. Excluding Zambia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 16 percent live and Tanzania, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Losuma831,129/
Lisuma83990/
Lusumo83295/
Lusoma8331/
Luzuma835/
Lucuma833/
Lusumi831/
Lusume831/
Lucumay771,722/
Lushima771,085/
Lauzuma7755/
Lusimah7717/
Lusooma777/
Lucumai776/
Luscima772/
Lujjuma772/
Lussoma772/
Lissuma771/
Lushumo771/
Lujumas771/
Loussima712/
Lossouma711/
Lossumma711/
Laushima711/
Luxume67251/
Lusomi67172/
Losoma67171/
Lusomo6751/
Luzumo6727/
Losumo6721/
Lizuma679/
Luzoma674/
Luxumy671/
Lusome671/
Luzumy671/
Lisumo671/

Lusuma Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lusuma in the Oriya language
ଲୁସୁମାlusuma90
ଲୁଶୁମାlusuma10

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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 Lusuma
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