Arum Surname
Approximately 14,258 people bear this surname
Arum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 7,021 | 1:18,836 | 2,281 |
| Nigeria | 5,391 | 1:32,859 | 2,725 |
| Kenya | 989 | 1:46,694 | 4,812 |
| Uganda | 414 | 1:94,298 | 9,655 |
| United States | 141 | 1:2,570,631 | 155,955 |
| Papua New Guinea | 79 | 1:103,212 | 13,927 |
| Malaysia | 40 | 1:737,356 | 34,564 |
| Denmark | 27 | 1:209,064 | 16,975 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Norway | 16 | 1:321,393 | 31,311 |
| Taiwan | 16 | 1:1,465,297 | 9,806 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Yemen | 9 | 1:2,936,144 | 15,216 |
| Tunisia | 8 | 1:76,328 | 12,820 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Arum (29,871) may also be a first name.
Arum Demographics
Average Arum Salary in
United States
$56,230 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Arum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Arum (Hindi: अरूम, Marathi: अरुम, Oriya: ଅରୁମ, Russian: Арум) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Arum? popularity and diffusion
The surname Arum is the 36,984th most numerous family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 511,120 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 50 percent of Arum reside; 49 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 49 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Arum is also the 27,987th most frequently held first name internationally, held by 29,871 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 7,021 people, or 1 in 18,836. In Indonesia Arum is most prevalent in: East Java, where 33 percent live, West Java, where 26 percent live and Central Java, where 22 percent live. Aside from Indonesia Arum is found in 44 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 38 percent live and Kenya, where 7 percent live.
Arum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Arum has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Arum last name rose 14,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Arum Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Arum surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Arum last name are 18.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 72% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Arum earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 81.59% more than the national average, earning R 431,532 per year and in United States they earn 30.32% more than the national average, earning $56,230 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Arum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Arum in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅରୁମ | aruma | - |
| Arum in the Marathi language | ||
| अरुम | aruma | 63.89 |
| अरूम | aruma | 22.22 |
| आरुम | aruma | 13.89 |
| Arum in the Hindi language | ||
| अरूम | aruma | 27.27 |
| आरूम | aruma | 22.73 |
| अरुम | aruma | 18.18 |
| आरुम | aruma | 13.64 |
| अरूण | aruna | 9.09 |
| अरून | aruna | 4.55 |
| एरम | erama | 4.55 |
| Arum in the Russian language | ||
| Арум | arum | - |
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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 Arum
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