Wegoum Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Wegoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 152 | 1:136,639 | 15,295 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wegoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wegoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wegoum occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wegoum? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,415,499th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wegoum live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Wegoum is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 152 people, or 1 in 136,639. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: West Region, where 45 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 31 percent are found and Centre Region, where 22 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weugoum | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wegum | 91 | 6 | / |
| Wegom | 91 | 5 | / |
| Weigum | 83 | 594 | / |
| Begoum | 83 | 117 | / |
| Weggum | 83 | 3 | / |
| Wegoun | 83 | 2 | / |
| Wiegum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ouegoum | 77 | 36 | / |
| Wieghom | 77 | 0 | / |
| Begum | 73 | 5,345,286 | / |
| Begom | 73 | 46,874 | / |
| Vegum | 73 | 223 | / |
| Wigum | 73 | 146 | / |
| Wegam | 73 | 107 | / |
| Wegon | 73 | 12 | / |
| Wegun | 73 | 9 | / |
| Wygum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Beegum | 67 | 8,263 | / |
| Beghum | 67 | 5,666 | / |
| Begumm | 67 | 2,974 | / |
| Beagum | 67 | 2,207 | / |
| Begaum | 67 | 1,709 | / |
| Beygum | 67 | 1,159 | / |
| Beigum | 67 | 880 | / |
| Beegom | 67 | 736 | / |
| Veygum | 67 | 382 | / |
| Beygom | 67 | 324 | / |
| Beggum | 67 | 229 | / |
| Weegon | 67 | 69 | / |
| Begoun | 67 | 63 | / |
| Weigun | 67 | 52 | / |
| Wiggum | 67 | 42 | / |
| Whigum | 67 | 35 | / |
| Begumh | 67 | 33 | / |
| Begoom | 67 | 25 | / |
| Begujm | 67 | 21 | / |
| Veggum | 67 | 14 | / |
| Whigom | 67 | 11 | / |
| Hbegum | 67 | 9 | / |
| Waigum | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wegund | 67 | 5 | / |
| Beagom | 67 | 5 | / |
| Beghom | 67 | 2 | / |
| Beguhm | 67 | 2 | / |
| Weugam | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wegone | 67 | 1 | / |
| Begomm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bekgum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beggom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bejgom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weigam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Veagum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weagon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weegun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Houegoume | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouegom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wighom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waigom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wiegam | 67 | 0 | / |
| Weggon | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wegond | 67 | 0 | / |
| Weigon | 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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- 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 Wegoum
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