Absum Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Absum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Absum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Pakistan41:44,660,971115,884
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Absum Last Name Facts

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

Absum has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Absum? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. Absum occurs mostly in Oceania, where 56 percent of Absum reside; 56 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 56 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

This surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea Absum is mostly found in: Madang, where 100 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 22 percent live and Nigeria, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Habsum911/
Habsoum832/
Obsum80166/
Afsum8019/
Abjum8010/
Abzum804/
Avsum803/
Absun802/
Absom801/
Habsun735/
Abzume732/
Gabsun731/
Absoun731/
Abzoum731/
Aubsun731/
Apshum730/
Oubsoum674/
Gavssum671/

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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 Absum
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