Nchum Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Nchum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 58 | 1:358,087 | 31,912 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nchum (112) may also be a first name.
Nchum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nchum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nchum is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nchum? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,483,783rd most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nchum live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 885,979th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 112 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 358,087. In Cameroon Nchum is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 91 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 9 percent reside. Other than Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 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 Nchum
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