Ochume Surname
Approximately 259 people bear this surname
Ochume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 256 | 1:691,964 | 32,018 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ochume (53) may also be a first name.
Ochume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ochume Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ochume is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ochume.
How Common Is The Last Name Ochume? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ochume is the 990,978th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,137,243 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ochume live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most widely held given name throughout the world It is held by 53 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 256 people, or 1 in 691,964. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 63 percent live, Plateau, where 8 percent live and Lagos, where 7 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 0 percent live and Kenya, where 0 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
- 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 Ochume
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