Ntum Surname
Approximately 190 people bear this surname
Ntum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 105 | 1:1,687,074 | 62,154 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ntum (251) may also be a first name.
Ntum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ntum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ntum (Hindi: जन्तुम) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ntum click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ntum? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,227,038th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 38,355,505 people. The surname Ntum is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ntum are found; 56 percent are found in West Africa and 56 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 562,655th most common given name throughout the world It is held by 251 people.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 1,687,074. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Cross River, where 30 percent are found, Ebonyi, where 30 percent are found and Abia, where 13 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 33 percent are found and Cameroon, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ntum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ntum in the Hindi language | ||
| जन्तुम | jantuma | - |
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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 Ntum
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