Olume Surname
Approximately 227 people bear this surname
Olume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 145 | 1:318,482 | 19,707 |
| Uganda | 38 | 1:1,027,349 | 44,109 |
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Olume (23) may also be a first name.
Olume Demographics
Olume Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Olume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olume Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olume is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Olume.
How Common Is The Last Name Olume? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,085,744th most widespread last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 32,103,727 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Olume are found; 81 percent are found in East Africa and 43 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Olume is also the 2,239,265th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 23 people.
The last name Olume is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 145 people, or 1 in 318,482. In Kenya it is most common in: Vihiga County, where 56 percent live, Kakamega County, where 42 percent live and Kajiado County, where 1 percent live. Barring Kenya Olume occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 17 percent live and Nigeria, where 16 percent live.
Olume Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally 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
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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 Olume
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