Bume Surname
Approximately 510 people bear this surname
Bume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 165 | 1:125,873 | 14,288 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Papua New Guinea | 65 | 1:125,442 | 17,113 |
| Nigeria | 61 | 1:2,903,980 | 91,283 |
| Argentina | 19 | 1:2,249,653 | 107,269 |
| South Africa | 19 | 1:2,851,458 | 109,033 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
Bume (477) may also be a first name.
Bume Demographics
Average Bume Salary in
United States
$35,292 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bume Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bume (Oriya: ବୁେମ, Russian: Буме) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bume? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 607,405th most numerous last name in the world, held by around 1 in 14,289,306 people. Bume occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Bume are found; 54 percent are found in Central Africa and 54 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Bume is also the 389,495th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 477 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 165 people, or 1 in 125,873. In Cameroon Bume is most frequent in: Southwest Region, where 94 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 2 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this surname occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 21 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside.
Bume Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bume has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bume last name contracted 48 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bume Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Bume earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 64.18% less than the national average, earning R 85,128 per year and in United States they earn 18.21% less than the national average, earning $35,292 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bume Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bume in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁେମ | buema | - |
| Bume in the Russian language | ||
| Буме | bume | - |
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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 Bume
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