Anchum Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Anchum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 65 | 1:453,757 | 23,130 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Anchum (14) may also be a first name.
Anchum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anchum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Anchum is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Anchum? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,333,370th most widespread last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. The last name Anchum occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Anchum reside; 97 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 97 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used first name in the world, held by 14 people.
The last name Anchum is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 453,757. In Malaysia Anchum is mostly found in: Sarawak, where 95 percent are found and Kuala Lumpur, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Malaysia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Anchum
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