Najume Surname
Approximately 316 people bear this surname
Najume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 311 | 1:569,591 | 27,605 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Najume (1,866) may also be a first name.
Najume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Najume Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Najume occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Najume? popularity and diffusion
Najume is the 860,770th most widespread family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 23,061,854 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Najume reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Najume is also the 176,254th most commonly occurring given name throughout the world, borne by 1,866 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 311 people, or 1 in 569,591. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kano, where 32 percent live, Kaduna, where 25 percent live and Jigawa, where 24 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
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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 Najume
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