Bum Surname

56,826th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,918 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Sudan
Highest density in:
South Sudan

Bum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Sudan6,8701:1,662331
Cameroon6621:31,3734,231
Nigeria4511:392,77820,683
Cambodia3721:41,6321,720
Iran1801:426,57026,777
Taiwan611:384,3403,014
Mongolia521:54,3324,427
Austria471:181,17923,261
India421:18,263,461278,402
Sudan361:1,041,9503,038
Indonesia311:4,266,103213,470
Papua New Guinea241:339,73845,241
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Turkey141:5,558,673112,907
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Ukraine81:5,690,337241,823
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Bhutan21:308,0201,264
France21:33,211,361423,184
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States401:1,255,46770,036

The alternate forms: Büm (19) are calculated separately.

Bum (1,761) may also be a first name.

Bum Last Name Facts

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

Bum (Bengali: বুম, Hindi: बूम, Russian: Бум, Tibetan: བུམ་) occurs most in South Sudan. It can also occur as: Büm. For other possible spellings of Bum click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bum? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bum is the 56,826th most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 817,173 people. Bum is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Bum live; 77 percent live in East Africa and 77 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Bum is also the 182,443rd most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 1,761 people.

Bum is most common in South Sudan, where it is held by 6,870 people, or 1 in 1,662. Beside South Sudan it occurs in 31 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 7 percent reside and Nigeria, where 5 percent reside.

Bum Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Orthodox (70%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (64%) in Ukraine.

Bum earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 7.33% more than the national average, earning $53,324 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Büm8919/
Baum8668,728/
Boum864,597/
Bume86510/
Beum86476/
Bgum86466/
Bumm86430/
Bhum86225/
Buum86147/
Buim86139/
Bumt8636/
Båum8611/
Buhm864/
Bumn863/
Buym862/
Bumd862/
Bumc862/
Bumh862/
Busm861/
Bumg861/
Bøum861/
Bumq861/
Baume752,146/
Bhume75913/
Bhuim75469/
Butym75256/
Beume75238/
Boume75184/
Bumhe75181/
Busim75150/
Butme75134/
Bahum7583/
Bhoum7558/
Bhaum7547/
Busem7540/
Butim7526/
Butem7525/
Bgaum7524/
Bhumg7523/
Baumm7520/
Buthm755/
Baumg755/
Bhgum754/
Bucim754/
Bumme754/
Bouhm754/
Buime754/
Bucem753/
Beuhm752/
Baumn752/
Buttm752/
Buhym752/
Buume751/
Bumne751/
Bumth751/
Boumm751/
Baumd751/
Bumdh751/
Bouym751/
Boumn751/
Baumk751/
Boumh751/
Bummd751/
Bauhm750/
Buhme750/
Bousm750/
Buyme750/
Bun6776,987/
Bom6713,048/
Buchem67236/
Wum67142/
Bussem67124/
Vum6770/
Bujsim6754/
Bumova6720/
Bousim6718/
Boutim6717/
Bhumme6711/
Bussim6711/
B'Houm6710/
Buttem6710/
Bhusim679/
Buhsem679/
Buchim677/
Buseem677/
Bausem676/
Bóm676/
Boucem676/
Buusim674/
Bhaumk674/
Buimeh674/
Bhumne672/
Baumnn672/
Boutem672/
Boumme672/
Boumne672/
Budtim672/
Buttim672/
Bhoumk671/
Buumme671/
Baucem671/
Baumnk671/
Bhusme671/
Bhutim671/
Buggim671/
Bujsem671/
Bumová671/
Buñ671/
Beusem671/
Bhutem671/
Buchym671/
Bousem670/

Bum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bum in the Bengali language
বুমbuma-
Bum in the Hindi language
बूमbuma-
Bum in the Tibetan language
བུམ་bum43.75
བུམ།bum18.75
འབུམ་bum12.5
བུམོ།bumo6.25
བུམོ་bumo6.25
སྦོམ།bom6.25
འབུམbum6.25
Bum in the Russian language
Бумbum-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bum
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