Shumu Surname
Approximately 1,811 people bear this surname
Shumu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,771 | 1:55,080 | 5,737 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Shumu (7,876) may also be a first name.
Shumu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shumu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shumu is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Shumu.
How Common Is The Last Name Shumu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 224,610th most common last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 4,024,045 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Shumu are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Shumu is also the 71,833rd most widely held forename world-wide, borne by 7,876 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,771 people, or 1 in 55,080. Not including Ethiopia it is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 0 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Shumu
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