Vigume Surname
Approximately 206 people bear this surname
Vigume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 202 | 1:262,087 | 20,938 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Vigume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vigume Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vigume is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vigume? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,159,732nd most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 35,376,436 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Vigume live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 202 people, or 1 in 262,087. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Geita Region, where 100 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vigum | 91 | 17 | / |
| Bigume | 83 | 7 | / |
| Vaigum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Vaigoum | 77 | 24 | / |
| Waigume | 77 | 5 | / |
| Bigaume | 77 | 4 | / |
| Baigume | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bigoume | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bigum | 73 | 1,211 | / |
| Vegum | 73 | 223 | / |
| Wigum | 73 | 146 | / |
| Vigom | 73 | 12 | / |
| Vaighaum | 71 | 1 | / |
| Baigum | 67 | 18,337 | / |
| Begume | 67 | 896 | / |
| Beigum | 67 | 880 | / |
| Weigum | 67 | 594 | / |
| Veygum | 67 | 382 | / |
| Biguma | 67 | 75 | / |
| Bighum | 67 | 51 | / |
| Wiggum | 67 | 42 | / |
| Vaygum | 67 | 39 | / |
| Whigum | 67 | 35 | / |
| Veggum | 67 | 14 | / |
| Biggum | 67 | 13 | / |
| Waigum | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wiguma | 67 | 7 | / |
| Figome | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bigaum | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wiegum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vighom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bigumj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bihgum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bigumm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bigumi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Figumi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Veagum | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Vigume
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