Fadumo

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Fadumo is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Somalia than in any other country, where it is the 3rd most common given name. Recorded meaning: Fadumo är en bl.a. somalisk variant av det arabiska namnet → Fatima.

rarermore common
  • SESweden1 in 11K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 171K
  • SOSomalia≈1 in 1K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Somalia (inferred from the name graph)

≈11,000 people, est.

Sources
97 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.0K (inferred from the name graph)

Somalia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Swedish

Fadumo är en bl.a. somalisk variant av det arabiska namnet → Fatima.

Sources 1

  • Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Fadumo counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Fadumo is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SO Somalia#3≈11,000 est.≈1 in 1K300KFadumo19
US United States—1,9481 in 171K1.9KFadumo97
ET Ethiopia—≈1,100 est.≈1 in 99K—Fadumo4
SE Sweden#7639701 in 11K1.1KFadumo23
NO Norway—4161 in 13K980Fadumo17
DK Denmark—2021 in 29K202—1
FI Finland—1991 in 28K324Fadumo7

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: A compilation of common Somali names, showcasing cultural significance and trends in usage.; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023); SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Fadumo is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Amharic given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ethiopia, United States, Canada, Türkiye

    Also written ፋዱሞ

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 27 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Fadumo
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20201.9K#7,712
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20191.1K—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20181.1K—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20201.1K—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20171K—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20161K—
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—980#1,671
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—970#1,729
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2015965—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2014919—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2013876—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2012723—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Fadumo have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 11 thousand people named Fadumo in Somalia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled fadumo.
What does the name Fadumo mean?
Recorded meaning: Fadumo är en bl.a. somalisk variant av det arabiska namnet → Fatima.
Is Fadumo a male or female name?
Fadumo is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Fadumo?
In the etymology graph, Fatma, Fatima and Fadime are forms of the same name in other languages.
How common is the name Fadumo?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,948 people named Fadumo in 2020, about 1 in 171 thousand residents.
How common is Fadumo compared with other names?
In Somalia, Fadumo is the 3rd most common given name of 718 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Fadumo” — the 3rd most common given name in Somalia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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