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

The surname Nwumeh has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwumeh? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nwumeh is the 2,273,756th most widely held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. Nwumeh is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Nwumeh reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 84 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 3,002,420. In Nigeria Nwumeh is most frequent in: Lagos, where 34 percent reside, Rivers, where 17 percent reside and Kano, where 15 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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