Wome Surname
Approximately 718 people bear this surname
Wome Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 229 | 1:90,695 | 10,883 |
| Nigeria | 212 | 1:835,579 | 36,885 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Ivory Coast | 60 | 1:384,521 | 13,351 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Womé (2) are calculated separately.
Wome (89) may also be a first name.
Wome Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wome Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wome is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Womé. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wome? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 468,258th most prevalent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 10,149,785 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Wome live; 38 percent live in West Africa and 34 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Wome is also the 1,011,231st most frequently occurring forename on earth, borne by 89 people.
It is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 229 people, or 1 in 90,695. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 38 percent live, Littoral Region, where 22 percent live and Northwest Region, where 17 percent live. Besides Cameroon it is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 30 percent live and Egypt, where 17 percent live.
Wome Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wome has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Wome
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