Nahuma Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Nahuma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 34 | 1:70,865 | 7,497 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Maldives | 5 | 1:80,834 | 3,218 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Nahuma (79) may also be a first name.
Nahuma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nahuma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nahuma (Marathi: नहुंआाबक्ष, Oriya: ନାହୁମ) is held by more people in Namibia than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nahuma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,394,033rd most frequently used family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. Nahuma occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Nahuma live; 55 percent live in Southern Africa and 53 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Nahuma is also the 1,083,225th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 79 people.
The surname is most frequent in Namibia, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 70,865. In Namibia it is primarily concentrated in: Khomas Region, where 97 percent live and Oshikoto Region, where 3 percent live. Excluding Namibia this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent live and The Maldives, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nahuma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nahuma in the Oriya language | ||
| ନାହୁମ | nahuma | - |
| Nahuma in the Marathi language | ||
| नहुंआाबक्ष | nahumaabaksa | - |
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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 Nahuma
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