Adum Surname
Approximately 3,938 people bear this surname
Adum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,118 | 1:83,637 | 5,905 |
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| Ecuador | 520 | 1:30,588 | 3,721 |
| Indonesia | 101 | 1:1,309,398 | 90,991 |
| United States | 84 | 1:4,314,987 | 229,510 |
| Brazil | 83 | 1:2,579,209 | 77,959 |
| Uganda | 56 | 1:697,130 | 35,026 |
| Argentina | 52 | 1:821,989 | 54,134 |
| Thailand | 51 | 1:1,385,066 | 192,885 |
| Malaysia | 40 | 1:737,356 | 34,564 |
| Croatia | 35 | 1:120,817 | 17,927 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Taiwan | 16 | 1:1,465,297 | 9,806 |
| Peru | 14 | 1:2,270,294 | 26,427 |
| Italy | 14 | 1:4,368,335 | 106,343 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Serbia | 11 | 1:649,541 | 22,440 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Adum (1,659) may also be a first name.
Adum Demographics
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Adum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Adum (Hindi: आदुम, Marathi: अदुम, Russian: Адум) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Adum.
How Common Is The Last Name Adum? popularity and diffusion
Adum is the 116,994th most frequent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,850,570 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Adum are found; 70 percent are found in West Africa and 70 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adum is also the 189,077th most frequent first name internationally It is held by 1,659 people.
Adum is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,118 people, or 1 in 83,637. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 24 percent reside, Benue, where 24 percent reside and Borno, where 16 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 42 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 16 percent reside and Ecuador, where 13 percent reside.
Adum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Adum has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Adum last name increased 4,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Adum Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Adum are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Adum earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 130.26% more than the national average, earning S/. 44,636 per year and in United States they earn 15.76% less than the national average, earning $36,350 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Adum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Adum in the Hindi language | ||
| आदुम | aduma | - |
| Adum in the Marathi language | ||
| अदुम | aduma | - |
| Adum in the Russian language | ||
| Адум | adum | - |
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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 Adum
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