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 surname Anchum is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Anchum? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,333,370th most commonly used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. The surname Anchum occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Anchum live; 97 percent live in Southeast Asia and 97 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Anchum is also the 3,024,661st most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 14 people.
This surname is most widespread in Malaysia, where it is borne by 65 people, or 1 in 453,757. In Malaysia it is primarily concentrated in: Sarawak, where 95 percent are found and Kuala Lumpur, where 5 percent are found. Besides Malaysia this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs 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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