Nyalum Surname
Approximately 275 people bear this surname
Nyalum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 170 | 1:122,171 | 13,957 |
| Uganda | 85 | 1:459,286 | 27,240 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Nyalum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyalum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyalum is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyalum? popularity and diffusion
It is the 950,707th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 26,500,167 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Nyalum reside; 62 percent reside in Central Africa and 62 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Nyalum is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 170 people, or 1 in 122,171. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 92 percent live, Southwest Region, where 6 percent live and Littoral Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 31 percent live and Indonesia, where 7 percent live.
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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 Nyalum
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