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 last name Nchum occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Nchum click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nchum? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nchum is the 2,483,783rd most commonly used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nchum reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 885,979th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 112 people.
This surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 358,087. In Cameroon Nchum is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 91 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent are found and South Africa, where 2 percent are found.
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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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