Nwumeh Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwumeh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwumeh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria591:3,002,42093,371
United States101:36,245,893832,629
England11:55,718,059489,080

Nwumeh Last Name Facts

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

Nwumeh has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Nwumeh.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwumeh? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,273,756th most prevalent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Nwumeh live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 3,002,420. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 34 percent are found, Rivers, where 17 percent are found and Kano, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwaumeh923/
Nwume91164/
Nwaume8340/
Nwiemeh771/
Nwome73826/
Nwuma7367/
Nbume734/
Nwime731/
Nwimea6710/
Nwauma677/
Nwomie671/
Nwouma671/
Nwimme671/
Nweuma671/

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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 Nwumeh
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis