Bum Surname
Approximately 8,918 people bear this surname
Bum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Sudan | 6,870 | 1:1,662 | 331 |
| Cameroon | 662 | 1:31,373 | 4,231 |
| Nigeria | 451 | 1:392,778 | 20,683 |
| Cambodia | 372 | 1:41,632 | 1,720 |
| Iran | 180 | 1:426,570 | 26,777 |
| Taiwan | 61 | 1:384,340 | 3,014 |
| Mongolia | 52 | 1:54,332 | 4,427 |
| Austria | 47 | 1:181,179 | 23,261 |
| India | 42 | 1:18,263,461 | 278,402 |
| Sudan | 36 | 1:1,041,950 | 3,038 |
| Indonesia | 31 | 1:4,266,103 | 213,470 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Turkey | 14 | 1:5,558,673 | 112,907 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1:5,690,337 | 241,823 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Bhutan | 2 | 1:308,020 | 1,264 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 40 | 1:1,255,467 | 70,036 |
The alternate forms: Büm (19) are calculated separately.
Bum (1,761) may also be a first name.
Bum Demographics
Average Bum Salary in
England
£24,837
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Bum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bum (Bengali: বুম, Hindi: बूम, Russian: Бум, Tibetan: བུམ་) occurs more in South Sudan more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Büm. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bum? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 56,826th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 817,173 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Bum reside; 77 percent reside in East Africa and 77 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 182,443rd most frequently occurring forename worldwide It is held by 1,761 people.
The last name Bum is most frequently used in South Sudan, where it is held by 6,870 people, or 1 in 1,662. Other than South Sudan it is found in 31 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 7 percent live and Nigeria, where 5 percent live.
Bum Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Büm | 89 | 19 | / |
| Baum | 86 | 68,728 | / |
| Boum | 86 | 4,597 | / |
| Bume | 86 | 510 | / |
| Beum | 86 | 476 | / |
| Bgum | 86 | 466 | / |
| Bumm | 86 | 430 | / |
| Bhum | 86 | 225 | / |
| Buum | 86 | 147 | / |
| Buim | 86 | 139 | / |
| Bumt | 86 | 36 | / |
| Båum | 86 | 11 | / |
| Buhm | 86 | 4 | / |
| Bumn | 86 | 3 | / |
| Buym | 86 | 2 | / |
| Bumd | 86 | 2 | / |
| Bumc | 86 | 2 | / |
| Bumh | 86 | 2 | / |
| Busm | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bumg | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bøum | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bumq | 86 | 1 | / |
| Baume | 75 | 2,146 | / |
| Bhume | 75 | 913 | / |
| Bhuim | 75 | 469 | / |
| Butym | 75 | 256 | / |
| Beume | 75 | 238 | / |
| Boume | 75 | 184 | / |
| Bumhe | 75 | 181 | / |
| Busim | 75 | 150 | / |
| Butme | 75 | 134 | / |
| Bahum | 75 | 83 | / |
| Bhoum | 75 | 58 | / |
| Bhaum | 75 | 47 | / |
| Busem | 75 | 40 | / |
| Butim | 75 | 26 | / |
| Butem | 75 | 25 | / |
| Bgaum | 75 | 24 | / |
| Bhumg | 75 | 23 | / |
| Baumm | 75 | 20 | / |
| Buthm | 75 | 5 | / |
| Baumg | 75 | 5 | / |
| Bhgum | 75 | 4 | / |
| Bucim | 75 | 4 | / |
| Bumme | 75 | 4 | / |
| Bouhm | 75 | 4 | / |
| Buime | 75 | 4 | / |
| Bucem | 75 | 3 | / |
| Beuhm | 75 | 2 | / |
| Baumn | 75 | 2 | / |
| Buttm | 75 | 2 | / |
| Buhym | 75 | 2 | / |
| Buume | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bumne | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bumth | 75 | 1 | / |
| Boumm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Baumd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bumdh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bouym | 75 | 1 | / |
| Boumn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Baumk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Boumh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bummd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bauhm | 75 | 0 | / |
| Buhme | 75 | 0 | / |
| Bousm | 75 | 0 | / |
| Buyme | 75 | 0 | / |
| Bun | 67 | 76,987 | / |
| Bom | 67 | 13,048 | / |
| Buchem | 67 | 236 | / |
| Wum | 67 | 142 | / |
| Bussem | 67 | 124 | / |
| Vum | 67 | 70 | / |
| Bujsim | 67 | 54 | / |
| Bumova | 67 | 20 | / |
| Bousim | 67 | 18 | / |
| Boutim | 67 | 17 | / |
| Bhumme | 67 | 11 | / |
| Bussim | 67 | 11 | / |
| B'Houm | 67 | 10 | / |
| Buttem | 67 | 10 | / |
| Bhusim | 67 | 9 | / |
| Buhsem | 67 | 9 | / |
| Buchim | 67 | 7 | / |
| Buseem | 67 | 7 | / |
| Bausem | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bóm | 67 | 6 | / |
| Boucem | 67 | 6 | / |
| Buusim | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bhaumk | 67 | 4 | / |
| Buimeh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bhumne | 67 | 2 | / |
| Baumnn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Boutem | 67 | 2 | / |
| Boumme | 67 | 2 | / |
| Boumne | 67 | 2 | / |
| Budtim | 67 | 2 | / |
| Buttim | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bhoumk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buumme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baucem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baumnk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhusme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhutim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buggim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bujsem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bumová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buñ | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beusem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhutem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buchym | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bousem | 67 | 0 | / |
Bum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bum in the Bengali language | ||
| বুম | buma | - |
| Bum in the Hindi language | ||
| बूम | buma | - |
| Bum in the Tibetan language | ||
| བུམ་ | bum | 43.75 |
| བུམ། | bum | 18.75 |
| འབུམ་ | bum | 12.5 |
| བུམོ། | bumo | 6.25 |
| བུམོ་ | bumo | 6.25 |
| སྦོམ། | bom | 6.25 |
| འབུམ | bum | 6.25 |
| Bum in the Russian language | ||
| Бум | bum | - |
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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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- 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 Bum
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