Bump Surname

125,118th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,640 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Bump Surname User-submission:

This surname is of French origin, deriving from bon passe, or 'good speed'.

Bump Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,5441:102,27411,295
Papua New Guinea321:254,80434,943
Canada301:1,228,18688,140
England81:6,964,757184,742
United States Virgin Islands71:15,7682,111
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
China21:683,660,78330,601
France21:33,211,361423,184
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2431:40,4014,746

Bump (61) may also be a first name.

Bump Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname is of French origin, deriving from bon passe, or 'good speed'.

- joefroeter

Bump Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bump is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bump? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 125,118th most frequently used surname globally, held by around 1 in 2,002,073 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 87 percent of Bump reside; 87 percent reside in North America and 87 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,257,960th most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 61 people.

This surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 3,544 people, or 1 in 102,274. In The United States it is most prevalent in: New York, where 11 percent reside, Texas, where 8 percent reside and California, where 8 percent reside. Aside from The United States Bump is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Bump Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bump has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bump last name grew 285 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bump Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bump last name are 11.62% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.39% registered with the party.

The amount Bump earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 1.24% more than the national average, earning $43,684 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.72% more than the national average, earning $53,024 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bumps89182/
Baump8925/
Bumpe897/
Bumph891/
Boump891/
Bumpf890/
Buimpe80280/
Bhumpe801/
Boumpe801/
Bumb753,317/
Bunp7519/
Bumv753/
Bomp753/
Bupd752/
Wump751/
Butemps7340/
Boutemp730/
Bhumb6770/
Baumb6711/
Bunpe676/
Bunph675/
Beumb673/
Boutemps672/
Waump672/
Bumbs672/
Bumbh672/
Mpump671/
Bompf671/
Vumpe671/
Boumb671/
Buimb671/
Npump671/
Bonmp671/
Boemp670/

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Bump Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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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 Bump
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