Ochuma Surname
Approximately 310 people bear this surname
Ochuma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 226 | 1:783,818 | 35,180 |
| Uganda | 63 | 1:619,671 | 32,575 |
| Kenya | 14 | 1:3,298,564 | 38,706 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ochuma (64) may also be a first name.
Ochuma Demographics
Ochuma Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ochuma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ochuma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ochuma is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ochuma? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 872,430th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 23,508,213 people. The surname Ochuma occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ochuma are found; 73 percent are found in West Africa and 73 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,223,525th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 64 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 226 people, or 1 in 783,818. In Nigeria Ochuma is mostly concentrated in: Kogi, where 46 percent are found, Abia, where 31 percent are found and Kaduna, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 20 percent are found and Kenya, where 5 percent are found.
Ochuma Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Ochuma surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Ochuma
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