Tumem Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Tumem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tumem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Tumem Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tumem occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Tumem click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tumem? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,593,402nd most prevalent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Tumem live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Benue, where 80 percent are found and Ekiti, where 20 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tumiem9117/
Tumeme919/
Tumeum916/
Thumem910/
Tumheim831/
Tumen80544/
Tumne8054/
Timem8037/
Tomem8036/
Tumim807/
Tumym801/
Teumen73155/
Thumim73123/
Thimem73108/
Tumeng7364/
Tumeun7335/
Tuymen7330/
Toumen7323/
Tuğmen7315/
Tummen7314/
Thumen7314/
Teumim7311/
Thumne738/
Tumuen736/
Toumim734/
Thomem734/
Taumen732/
Toomem732/
Tument732/
Tummin732/
Tumgne731/
Tumien731/
Tusmim731/
Toumne731/
Tusmen730/
Tumienė67190/
Thummen6720/
Tummina6713/
Toumgne6712/
Taument6712/
Tuimaen679/
Thumyom676/
Tumming674/
Tummuen674/
Tumn673/
Theumim673/
Taumeng673/
Tumngue671/
Taummim671/
Thoumen671/
Toemehm671/
Thimeem671/
Toument671/
Tuminne670/

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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 Tumem
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