Zumah Surname
Approximately 743 people bear this surname
Zumah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 693 | 1:38,991 | 4,481 |
| Liberia | 19 | 1:232,028 | 14,625 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Zumah (78) may also be a first name.
Zumah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zumah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zumah is found most in Ghana. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Zumah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zumah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 455,757th most widely held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 9,808,272 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Zumah live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,091,646th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 78 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is borne by 693 people, or 1 in 38,991. Excluding Ghana this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 3 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.
Zumah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Zumah has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zoumah | 91 | 22 | / |
| Zaumah | 91 | 9 | / |
| Zummah | 91 | 4 | / |
| Zuimah | 91 | 3 | / |
| Dzumah | 91 | 2 | / |
| Zuumah | 91 | 1 | / |
| Zuma | 89 | 62,679 | / |
| Zumahyi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Zouma | 80 | 4,429 | / |
| Zhuma | 80 | 3,141 | / |
| Zauma | 80 | 2,644 | / |
| Czuma | 80 | 345 | / |
| Zimah | 80 | 227 | / |
| Zumoh | 80 | 57 | / |
| Dzuma | 80 | 33 | / |
| Zumai | 80 | 30 | / |
| Zumma | 80 | 11 | / |
| Zuema | 80 | 6 | / |
| Tzuma | 80 | 3 | / |
| Zumay | 80 | 2 | / |
| Zumaj | 80 | 1 | / |
| Zuima | 80 | 1 | / |
| Zumea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Zumaa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Zeuma | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dzhumaha | 77 | 112 | / |
| Zhumahai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Zimmah | 73 | 2,986 | / |
| Zoumai | 73 | 800 | / |
| Ziemah | 73 | 694 | / |
| Tzouma | 73 | 560 | / |
| Dzhuma | 73 | 419 | / |
| Czumaj | 73 | 299 | / |
| Tsumah | 73 | 233 | / |
| Zhumay | 73 | 65 | / |
| Zahuma | 73 | 64 | / |
| Zhumai | 73 | 44 | / |
| Cummah | 73 | 38 | / |
| Dzauma | 73 | 29 | / |
| Dzouma | 73 | 20 | / |
| Zoumma | 73 | 20 | / |
| Zhimah | 73 | 20 | / |
| Zhumma | 73 | 9 | / |
| Zoumay | 73 | 3 | / |
| Zummai | 73 | 3 | / |
| Zoumoh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Dzeuma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Czumaś | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zoumaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zeumoh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zhumaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zoumaî | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cuma | 67 | 2,395 | / |
| Zumo | 67 | 1,195 | / |
| Čuma | 67 | 251 | / |
| Dzhumma | 67 | 26 | / |
| Tshumah | 67 | 23 | / |
| Ćuma | 67 | 16 | / |
| Czumoch | 67 | 7 | / |
| Dzoumai | 67 | 5 | / |
| Choumah | 67 | 5 | / |
| Zoummai | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tseumah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Czaumas | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tchumah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zoummma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zoummay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dzhumay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dzhumaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chaumah | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Zumah
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