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 occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sukume? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,637,889th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 59,733,983 people. The surname Sukume occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sukume reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 13 people.
It is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 112 people, or 1 in 137,841. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated 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. Outside of Zimbabwe it is found 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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