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 most common in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ochuma? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 872,430th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,508,213 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ochuma reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ochuma is also the 1,223,525th most common first name throughout the world It is held by 64 people.
The last name Ochuma is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 226 people, or 1 in 783,818. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Kogi, where 46 percent reside, Abia, where 31 percent reside and Kaduna, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 20 percent reside and Kenya, where 5 percent reside.
Ochuma Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly 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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