Oumo Surname
Approximately 5,078 people bear this surname
Oumo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 4,753 | 1:8,214 | 1,424 |
| Niger | 214 | 1:89,682 | 3,792 |
| Mauritania | 27 | 1:151,662 | 8,378 |
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Oumo (393) may also be a first name.
Oumo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oumo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oumo (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻡ) is found most frequently in Uganda. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oumo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 93,869th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,435,121 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Oumo reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 436,161st most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 393 people.
It is most widespread in Uganda, where it is held by 4,753 people, or 1 in 8,214. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Kumi District, where 23 percent live, Bukedea District, where 13 percent live and Serere District, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Uganda it occurs in 24 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 4 percent live and Mauritania, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oumo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oumo in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻡ | am | 64.71 |
| ﺃﻡ | am | 26.47 |
| ﺃﻣﻮ | amw | 5.88 |
| ﺍﻭﻣﻮ | awmw | 2.94 |
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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 Oumo
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