Bums Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Bums Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 59 | 1:851,164 | 52,255 |
Bums (23) may also be a first name.
Bums Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bums Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bums (Russian: Бумс) is found most frequently in South Africa. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bums? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Bums reside; 67 percent reside in Southern Africa and 67 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 23 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 9,029,617. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Free State, where 67 percent are found and Gauteng, where 33 percent are found. Beside South Africa this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 22 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baums | 89 | 216 | / |
| Bumse | 89 | 3 | / |
| Boums | 89 | 2 | / |
| Bumss | 89 | 1 | / |
| Buhms | 89 | 1 | / |
| Buims | 89 | 0 | / |
| Buyms | 89 | 0 | / |
| Bumsch | 80 | 9 | / |
| Bhumsh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Buitms | 80 | 1 | / |
| Baumns | 80 | 0 | / |
| Boms | 75 | 1,297 | / |
| Buns | 75 | 361 | / |
| Wums | 75 | 14 | / |
| Boutems | 73 | 0 | / |
| Bunse | 67 | 2,640 | / |
| Booms | 67 | 2,116 | / |
| Bunæs | 67 | 180 | / |
| Bunns | 67 | 153 | / |
| Beuns | 67 | 113 | / |
| Bouns | 67 | 52 | / |
| Buins | 67 | 18 | / |
| Bauns | 67 | 15 | / |
| Bunsz | 67 | 12 | / |
| Bumje | 67 | 12 | / |
| Bhuns | 67 | 9 | / |
| Biems | 67 | 3 | / |
| Boems | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bunsh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bumch | 67 | 3 | / |
| Butns | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bhims | 67 | 1 | / |
| Busns | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buyns | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buhns | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bomsh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhoms | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bunss | 67 | 0 | / |
| Vaums | 67 | 0 | / |
Bums Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bums in the Russian language | ||
| Бумс | bums | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Bums
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis