Wantum Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Wantum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 53 | 1:391,869 | 33,952 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Wantum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wantum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wantum has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wantum? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,185,341st most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Wantum reside; 69 percent reside in Central Africa and 69 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
Wantum is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 53 people, or 1 in 391,869. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 83 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 15 percent reside and Far North Region, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 15 percent reside and Thailand, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wanthum | 92 | 20 | / |
| Wantume | 92 | 2 | / |
| Wantoum | 92 | 1 | / |
| Waintume | 86 | 18 | / |
| Bantum | 83 | 363 | / |
| Wantom | 83 | 264 | / |
| Wantun | 83 | 43 | / |
| Wamtum | 83 | 2 | / |
| Vantum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bantoum | 77 | 6 | / |
| Banthum | 77 | 6 | / |
| Bayntum | 77 | 5 | / |
| Wanthun | 77 | 4 | / |
| Wantoom | 77 | 2 | / |
| Vantoum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wonthum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bantaum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vanthum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wanntung | 71 | 2 | / |
| Bandtoum | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wanton | 67 | 429 | / |
| Bantun | 67 | 62 | / |
| Bontum | 67 | 8 | / |
| Vantun | 67 | 6 | / |
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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 Wantum
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