Bjørum Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Bjørum Surname User-submission:

The Bjørum surname comes from the name of a hill in Namsos, Norway, called Bjørumsklompen. When the bearer of this surname immigrated to U.S. in 1900, he made his last name Bjorum to make it more English.

Bjørum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway331:155,82719,235
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Bjørum Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Bjørum surname comes from the name of a hill in Namsos, Norway, called Bjørumsklompen. When the bearer of this surname immigrated to U.S. in 1900, he made his last name Bjorum to make it more English.

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Bjørum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bjørum is more frequently found in Norway than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bjørum? popularity and diffusion

Bjørum is the 3,323,005th most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name Bjørum occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Bjørum live; 97 percent live in Northern Europe and 97 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name Bjørum is most commonly occurring in Norway, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 155,827. In Norway Bjørum is most numerous in: Eastern Norway, where 61 percent live and Central Norway, where 39 percent live. Aside from Norway this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 3 percent live and Poland, where 3 percent live.

Bjørum Last Name Statistics demography

Bjørum earn marginally less than the average income. In Norway they earn 3.65% less than the national average, earning 333,439 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bjørgum92513/
Bjærum8371/
Bejrum838/
Bjrgum834/
Bjørung778/
Byrum738,088/
Birum73210/
Berum73201/
Bergum672,425/
Berrum67773/
Vejrum67211/
Boirum6739/
Behrum6737/
Wejrum6725/
Beerum6724/
Byorum6723/
Berume6720/
Beroum6717/
Bereum6714/
Biroum678/
Bairum675/
Beraum674/
Berhum674/
Bearum674/
Birume673/
Betrum673/
Beruim672/
Bayrum672/
Byrrum672/
Bajrom671/
Buyrum671/
Berumm671/
Biorum671/
Birgum671/
Byrumn670/

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