Okumar Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Uganda

Okumar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okumar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Okumar (19) may also be a first name.

Okumar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okumar (Marathi: ओकुमार) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Okumar.

How Common Is The Last Name Okumar? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,968,613th most frequent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Okumar live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okumar is also the 2,523,061st most common first name throughout the world, held by 19 people.

The surname Okumar is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Okumar is primarily found in: Benue, where 50 percent are found and Delta, where 50 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent are found and Uganda, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ookumar921/
Hokumare861/
Ekumar836,287/
Ukumar835,776/
Akumar83615/
Okumor83160/
Ocumar83150/
Okimar83109/
Okomar831/
Ocumare77107/
Uukumar7796/
Ahkumar7771/
Ukuumar7740/
Ekumhar7728/
Akoumar7718/
Gakumar7717/
Eukumar7714/
Hakumar7713/
Aakumar776/
Ukumhar776/
Hekumar774/
Uokumor772/
Akkumar772/
Eekumar771/
Gukumar771/
Akumare771/
Okumore771/
Aukumar771/
Asskumar714/
Okhuemor711/
Ahkkumar711/
Okomor67156/
Ukumor6754/
Ekumor6719/
Acumar672/
Akimar672/
Acomar671/

Okumar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Okumar in the Marathi language
ओकुमारokumara-

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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 Okumar
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