Wumaru Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Uganda

Wumaru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wumaru Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114

Wumaru (144) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Nigeria

Wumaru Demographics

Wumaru Religious Adherence
in Nigeria

Sample size: 4 (2012)

Religious Adherence
in Nigeria

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Wumaru Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wumaru Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wumaru has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wumaru? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wumaru reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wumaru is also the 769,375th most frequently used forename world-wide It is held by 144 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 100 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 25 percent live.

Wumaru Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Wumaru surname is predominantly Muslim (50%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whumaru922/
Wummaru921/
Woumarou8613/
Waumaruy869/
Womaru838/
Wimaru836/
Wumoru833/
Bumaru831/
Baumaru778/
Bumarou777/
Bummaru772/
Boumarou713/
Boumahrou67171/
Vimaru671/
Vihmaru6220/
Womourou571/
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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 Wumaru
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