Oghumu Surname

451,630th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 752 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oghumu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oghumu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7431:238,41613,855
England31:18,572,686338,250
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Oghumu (15) may also be a first name.

Oghumu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Oghumu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Oghumu is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Oghumu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oghumu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 451,630th most frequent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 9,690,886 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Oghumu are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oghumu is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent forename internationally, borne by 15 people.

It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 743 people, or 1 in 238,416. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 73 percent reside, Edo, where 11 percent reside and Lagos, where 8 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent reside and Senegal, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oghoumu921/
Ogumu91345/
Oghomu83100/
Ongumu834/
Aghumu832/
Gogumu832/
Ughumu831/
Ogaumu831/
Ogoumou773/
Agumu73369/
Ogomu73227/
Egumu7384/
Ugumu7316/
Ogimu732/
Hosgumus713/
Ongoumou711/
Angumu67317/
Agumou677/
Ougoummou671/
Augumu671/
Agumut671/
Ongumù671/
Agoumou6220/
Akgumus623/
Egoumou621/
Hasgumus5791/
Angoumou5725/
Agoummou576/
Agoumoud574/
Agoumous572/
Aggoumou571/
Egimu55518/
Agomu55126/
Agimu5511/
Ugomu553/
Agomuh505/
Ogomou501/
Agoomu501/

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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 Oghumu
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