Sukume Surname
Approximately 122 people bear this surname
Sukume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 112 | 1:137,841 | 17,955 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sukume (13) may also be a first name.
Sukume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sukume Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sukume is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sukume? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,637,889th most frequently held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 59,733,983 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Sukume are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 13 people.
Sukume is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 112 people, or 1 in 137,841. In Zimbabwe Sukume is most numerous in: Harare Province, where 41 percent are found, Mashonaland Central Province, where 29 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 16 percent are found. Excluding Zimbabwe Sukume exists in 4 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 6 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Sukume
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