Onume Surname
Approximately 305 people bear this surname
Onume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 222 | 1:175,853 | 14,786 |
| Nigeria | 83 | 1:2,134,250 | 73,634 |
Onume (229) may also be a first name.
Onume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onume Come From? nationality or country of origin
Onume occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Onume? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 883,255th most common surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 23,893,593 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Onume live; 73 percent live in East Africa and 64 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Onume is also the 593,349th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 229 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is held by 222 people, or 1 in 175,853. In Uganda Onume is most common in: Kole District, where 47 percent live, Apac District, where 20 percent live and Oyam District, where 11 percent live. Barring Uganda Onume occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 27 percent live.
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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 Onume
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