Wandum Surname
Approximately 252 people bear this surname
Wandum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 238 | 1:87,265 | 10,542 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Wandum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wandum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wandum occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wandum? popularity and diffusion
Wandum is the 1,009,375th most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 28,918,833 people. The surname Wandum occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Wandum reside; 94 percent reside in Central Africa and 94 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 238 people, or 1 in 87,265. In Cameroon Wandum is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 40 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 28 percent are found and Centre Region, where 21 percent are found. Beside Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found and Ghana, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waindum | 92 | 167 | / |
| Wandoum | 92 | 28 | / |
| Wandume | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wanddum | 92 | 1 | / |
| Bandum | 83 | 22 | / |
| Vandum | 83 | 10 | / |
| Wandun | 83 | 3 | / |
| Wondum | 83 | 2 | / |
| Wamdum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wandung | 77 | 25 | / |
| Vanduim | 77 | 13 | / |
| Vanduym | 77 | 13 | / |
| Bandoum | 77 | 11 | / |
| Wandune | 77 | 8 | / |
| Bandhum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waindom | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vandume | 77 | 1 | / |
| Weindum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wanduyne | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vandusem | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vandumme | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vanduime | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wandusen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Bandun | 67 | 224 | / |
| Vandun | 67 | 42 | / |
| Wandon | 67 | 31 | / |
| Wondom | 67 | 20 | / |
| Wondun | 67 | 12 | / |
| Womdum | 67 | 10 | / |
| Bondum | 67 | 10 | / |
| Vondum | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Wandum
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