Negum Surname

2,091,648th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 81 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Negum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Negum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India591:13,001,108227,026
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Cameroon81:2,596,134118,056
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Negum (11) may also be a first name.

Negum Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Negum Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Negum (Hindi: नेगुम) is most common in India. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Negum? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,091,648th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 89,969,703 people. The surname Negum is primarily found in Asia, where 77 percent of Negum live; 77 percent live in South Asia and 51 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Negum is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 11 people.

The surname is most frequent in India, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 13,001,108. In India it is most numerous in: Telangana, where 49 percent live, Jammu and Kashmir, where 31 percent live and Bihar, where 8 percent live. Outside of India Negum occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 12 percent live and Cameroon, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Neigum91455/
Neygum91139/
Neugum9153/
Negoum9152/
Niegum9114/
Nejgum918/
Ngegum911/
Neugumm831/
Negoume831/
Nagum801,338/
Nogum8041/
Nigum8027/
Negom8020/
Negun8015/
Noigum7341/
Naigum7334/
Naygum7315/
Negune7312/
Naggum738/
Neigun731/
Nighum731/
Ngegun731/
Negoun731/
Nahgum731/
Najgum731/
Nogoum731/
Neygun731/
Negunt731/
Naghum731/
Neegom730/
Naghoum679/
Nnagoum671/
Neygung671/
Naigume671/
Naigoum671/

Negum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Negum in the Hindi language
नेगुमneguma-

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Negum
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