Mhume Surname
Approximately 1,227 people bear this surname
Mhume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,220 | 1:43,395 | 4,928 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
Mhume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mhume Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mhume is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mhume? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 307,802nd most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 5,939,320 people. The last name Mhume is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mhume are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,220 people, or 1 in 43,395. In Tanzania Mhume is most common in: Iringa Region, where 63 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 18 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Mhume
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