Nkumah Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Nkumah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 135 | 1:1,312,169 | 51,890 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
Nkumah (11) may also be a first name.
Nkumah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkumah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkumah occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkumah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,459,453rd most commonly held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 49,914,698 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nkumah live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nkumah is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 11 people.
The surname Nkumah is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 135 people, or 1 in 1,312,169. In Nigeria Nkumah is most prevalent in: Abia, where 23 percent live, Lagos, where 19 percent live and Ebonyi, where 16 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 6 percent live and Mexico, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkoumah | 92 | 1 | / |
| N'Kumah | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nkkumah | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nkuma | 91 | 5,902 | / |
| Nkeumaha | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nkouma | 83 | 2,073 | / |
| Nkumaa | 83 | 120 | / |
| Nkhuma | 83 | 50 | / |
| Nkuuma | 83 | 30 | / |
| Nkomah | 83 | 8 | / |
| Ngkuma | 83 | 6 | / |
| Nkimah | 83 | 6 | / |
| Nkumai | 83 | 4 | / |
| Nkkuma | 83 | 3 | / |
| Nkumoh | 83 | 3 | / |
| Nkumea | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nkuema | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkumga | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkhomah | 77 | 629 | / |
| N'Kouma | 77 | 5 | / |
| Nkumaat | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nkoumga | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nkoumoh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkeumas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkoma | 73 | 9,145 | / |
| Nkima | 73 | 2,935 | / |
| Nkumo | 73 | 28 | / |
| Ncuma | 73 | 12 | / |
| N'Koumoh | 71 | 8 | / |
| Ngqukuma | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nkhoma | 67 | 149,847 | / |
| Nkomea | 67 | 124 | / |
| Nkiema | 67 | 120 | / |
| Nkeumo | 67 | 57 | / |
| N'Koma | 67 | 38 | / |
| Nkomha | 67 | 38 | / |
| Nkhumo | 67 | 28 | / |
| Nkoumo | 67 | 18 | / |
| Nkuemo | 67 | 18 | / |
| Nkooma | 67 | 13 | / |
| Ngkoma | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ngkima | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nkumei | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nhkoma | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkumeu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkomai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkomoh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkomma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkomoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkuimo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkumoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngcuma | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nkumah
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