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 occurs in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zumah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 455,757th most commonly occurring family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 9,808,272 people. Zumah is predominantly found 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 widely held forename world-wide, borne by 78 people.
The surname is most frequent in Ghana, where it is carried by 693 people, or 1 in 38,991. Barring Ghana it occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 3 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.
Zumah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Zumah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Zumah last name grew 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
- 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 Zumah
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