Nleum Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nleum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nleum Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Nleum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nleum is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nleum? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Nleum occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nleum reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Nleum is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 83 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nlem891,945/
Nlum891/
Nleme80847/
Nlium803/
Nålum801/
Nlume801/
Nliem801/
Nellum73395/
Nellem7376/
N'Leme731/
Nhlume731/
Nillum730/
Nlom67907/
Nlam67119/
Nlumowa674/
Nlim673/
Nellumn672/
Nlym671/
Nlun671/
Nellium671/
Nellume671/
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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 Nleum
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