Ortuma Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ortuma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ortuma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria541:3,280,42199,135
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230

Ortuma (17) may also be a first name.

Ortuma Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ortuma occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ortuma.

How Common Is The Last Name Ortuma? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,605,694th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name Ortuma occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ortuma live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 17 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 3,280,421. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Colombia, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ortume8325/
Ortima835/
Artuma832/
Ertuma831/
Ortomaa7713/
Artouma778/
Ortimau771/
Arteuma771/
Artumas771/
Ortumio771/
Hortima771/
Artoumas7136/
Ardtumma712/
Arttumma711/
Ourtoumo711/
Artima67107/
Artoma6735/
Artthumma676/
Ertima675/
Hourtoumi671/
Horthumer670/

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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 Ortuma
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis