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 surname Bums (Russian: Бумс) is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bums? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,360,413th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname is mostly found 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 commonly used given name worldwide, borne by 23 people.
Bums is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 9,029,617. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Free State, where 67 percent live and Gauteng, where 33 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 22 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent live.
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 | - |
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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 Bums
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