Nayoum Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Nayoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Nayoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nayoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nayoum is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nayoum? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nayoum is the 4,908,606th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Nayoum live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Chadic Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 1,483,505. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 71 percent live, North Region, where 14 percent live and Centre Region, where 7 percent live. Apart from Cameroon Nayoum occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 6 percent live and Iraq, where 6 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
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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
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