Abum Surname

518,760th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 628 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Abum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5261:336,77318,331
Cameroon321:649,03348,340
Indonesia181:7,347,177303,310
Uganda161:2,439,95572,451
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Abum (223) may also be a first name.

Abum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Abum (Hindi: आबुम, Marathi: आबुम, Russian: Абум) is most common in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Abum? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 518,760th most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 11,604,372 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Abum are found; 84 percent are found in West Africa and 84 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 603,623rd most frequent first name at a global level, held by 223 people.

The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 526 people, or 1 in 336,773. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 79 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 5 percent are found and Enugu, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 5 percent are found and Indonesia, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Abume89224/
Aboum89145/
Gabum89128/
Abuhm89122/
Abgum8910/
Asbum898/
Abuim894/
Abuum892/
Abaum892/
Abumg891/
Abumn891/
Abusim80173/
Hasbum80130/
Abuyme8062/
Abhoum8051/
Aboume8033/
Abutim809/
Abuime806/
Abhume803/
Habume803/
Ausbum803/
Haboum801/
Abaume801/
Aibume801/
Ashbum801/
Abuhmd801/
Haybum800/
Abun752,837/
Obum751,493/
Abom75530/
Awum75404/
Avum75163/
Ebum7552/
Abusiem731,114/
Abumova73195/
Aboutim73123/
Haubaum7331/
Aibaume735/
Haboume731/
Habhuim731/
Habaume731/
Authbum731/
Abhoume731/
Hasbaum730/
Ausbaum730/
Abune675,206/
Abuin673,103/
Awume671,940/
Abung671,689/
Asbun67918/
Gobum67617/
Gabun67428/
Habun67237/
Abuun67228/
Aboun67153/
Avume67141/
Atbun6735/
Abuín6732/
Aibun6732/
Ahbun6727/
Awoum6724/
Obume6723/
Gavum6722/
Osbum6720/
Abunc6720/
Eebum6719/
Avoum6714/
Hassbaum6713/
Auchbaum6713/
Abaun6712/
Abhom6711/
Abund6711/
Aboem6710/
Abouteem679/
Ampum676/
Ajbun675/
Aabom675/
Aabun675/
Abhun673/
Oboum673/
Abeun673/
Aubun672/
Awhum672/
Anpum672/
Abunn672/
Otbum671/
Hebum671/
Hobum671/
Abutn671/
Abomm671/
Avaum671/
Avuim671/
Obaum671/
Hawum671/

Abum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Abum in the Marathi language
आबुमabuma-
Abum in the Hindi language
आबुमabuma33.33
अबूमabuma33.33
अबूंabum33.33
Abum in the Russian language
Абумabum-

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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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  • 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 Abum
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