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 held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olume? popularity and diffusion
The last name Olume is the 1,085,744th most prevalent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 32,103,727 people. Olume occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Olume live; 81 percent live in East Africa and 43 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Olume is also the 2,239,265th most widely held given name in the world, borne by 23 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 145 people, or 1 in 318,482. In Kenya Olume is primarily concentrated in: Vihiga County, where 56 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 42 percent are found and Kajiado County, where 1 percent are found. Not including Kenya this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 17 percent are found and Nigeria, where 16 percent are found.
Olume Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Olume surname is chiefly 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
- 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 Olume
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