Nkumeh Surname
Approximately 363 people bear this surname
Nkumeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 274 | 1:646,506 | 30,379 |
| Cameroon | 82 | 1:253,281 | 24,740 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Nkumeh (104) may also be a first name.
Nkumeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkumeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkumeh is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkumeh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nkumeh is the 780,352nd most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,075,884 people. Nkumeh occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nkumeh live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 925,156th most widely held forename at a global level, borne by 104 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 274 people, or 1 in 646,506. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Enugu, where 28 percent reside, Lagos, where 18 percent reside and Kano, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 23 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkume | 91 | 3,154 | / |
| Nkoume | 83 | 755 | / |
| Nkhume | 83 | 195 | / |
| Nkimeh | 83 | 10 | / |
| Nkuume | 83 | 3 | / |
| Nkuime | 83 | 3 | / |
| Nkumeu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nkumei | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nkueme | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nkumea | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nkumme | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nkomeh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkumie | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkumer | 83 | 1 | / |
| N'Kume | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkuumei | 77 | 160 | / |
| Nkeumeu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkoumie | 77 | 1 | / |
| N'Koume | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkuma | 73 | 5,902 | / |
| Nkome | 73 | 1,272 | / |
| Ncume | 73 | 1,029 | / |
| Nkumi | 73 | 287 | / |
| Nkime | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkeumaha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkouma | 67 | 2,073 | / |
| Nkimih | 67 | 376 | / |
| Ngcume | 67 | 241 | / |
| Nkuimi | 67 | 207 | / |
| Nkomea | 67 | 124 | / |
| Nkumaa | 67 | 120 | / |
| Nkomee | 67 | 118 | / |
| Nkoome | 67 | 81 | / |
| Nkhuma | 67 | 50 | / |
| Nkomha | 67 | 38 | / |
| Nkeumi | 67 | 33 | / |
| Nkoumi | 67 | 33 | / |
| Nkuuma | 67 | 30 | / |
| Nkomih | 67 | 24 | / |
| Nkieme | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ngkuma | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nkuimy | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nkumai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nkkuma | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nkomme | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkoumé | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkimeu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nqcume | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nqhume | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkuemi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkuimé | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkomie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkoeme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkuumi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ncumie | 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 Nkumeh
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