Okume Surname
Approximately 127 people bear this surname
Okume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 119 | 1:1,488,595 | 56,907 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Okume (16) may also be a first name.
Okume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okume Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okume (Russian: Окумэ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okume? popularity and diffusion
Okume is the 1,596,935th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. The surname Okume is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Okume reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequent forename internationally It is held by 16 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 119 people, or 1 in 1,488,595. In Nigeria Okume is most prevalent in: Delta, where 23 percent are found, Lagos, where 16 percent are found and Akwa Ibom, where 13 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Okume exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent are found and Kenya, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Okume Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Okume in the Russian language | ||
| Окумэ | okume | - |
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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 Okume
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