Nakume Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Nakume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Nakume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakume Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nakume is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nakume.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakume? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nakume is the 3,730,171st most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nakume reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Taraba, where 59 percent reside and Benue, where 41 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 4 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 Nakume
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