Sulumu Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Sulumu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Sulumu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Sulumu (15) may also be a first name.

Sulumu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sulumu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sulumu (Oriya: ସୁଲୁମୁ) is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sulumu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,543,123rd most frequently used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Sulumu live; 87 percent live in Central Africa and 87 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Sulumu is also the 2,900,335th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 15 people.

This surname is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 2,736,280. Outside of The DR Congo Sulumu is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 6 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sulimu8311/
Zulumu8310/
Julumu831/
Sulomu831/
Souloumou802/
Chulumu777/
Joulumou711/
Solomu6726/
Zulimu672/
Shilimu622/
Sulimau621/
Solomuha5719/
Soulimou571/
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Sulumu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sulumu in the Oriya language
ସୁଲୁମୁsulumu-

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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 Sulumu
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