Muminu Surname

983,245th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 262 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Muminu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muminu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2291:773,54934,815
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Muminu (821) may also be a first name.

Muminu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Muminu is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Muminu? popularity and diffusion

Muminu is the 983,245th most commonly held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,815,061 people. Muminu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Muminu are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 87 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Muminu is also the 285,218th most commonly occurring forename globally, borne by 821 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 229 people, or 1 in 773,549. In Nigeria Muminu is primarily concentrated in: Sokoto, where 16 percent live, Yobe, where 14 percent live and Kogi, where 12 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 8 percent live and Tanzania, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muminuh92275/
Mumminu9212/
Muuminu922/
Mumingu921/
Mumuinu921/
Mouminou8666/
Mauminau861/
Mumenu83163/
Mominu8380/
Miminu8344/
Mumunu833/
Mouminoux8062/
Mouminous801/
Mominau7776/
Mumengu7727/
Mummunu778/
Mominou775/
Mumeenu772/
Muimenu771/
Moominu771/
Moumenou711/
Mumihnoe711/
Mimunu675/
Momenu674/
Mominó671/
Momeenu6242/
Mimenou622/

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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 Muminu
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