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
Ntum (Hindi: जन्तुम) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ntum? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,227,038th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 38,355,505 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ntum reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 562,655th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 251 people.
The surname is most widespread 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 reside, Ebonyi, where 30 percent reside and Abia, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria Ntum occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 33 percent reside and Cameroon, where 9 percent reside.
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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