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
Sukume is most common in Zimbabwe. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sukume? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,637,889th most frequent family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 59,733,983 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sukume live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 13 people.
It is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 112 people, or 1 in 137,841. In Zimbabwe Sukume is most common 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. Without taking into account Zimbabwe Sukume is found in 4 countries. It also occurs 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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