Chum Surname
Approximately 9,896 people bear this surname
Chum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 3,063 | 1:17,284 | 2,230 |
| Hong Kong | 1,181 | 1:6,211 | 261 |
| Guatemala | 1,088 | 1:14,782 | 1,358 |
| Cambodia | 1,035 | 1:14,963 | 1,145 |
| United States | 921 | 1:393,549 | 34,518 |
| Vietnam | 505 | 1:183,458 | 928 |
| France | 270 | 1:246,010 | 38,043 |
| Malaysia | 244 | 1:120,878 | 7,956 |
| Canada | 178 | 1:206,998 | 20,123 |
| Mexico | 143 | 1:868,015 | 12,149 |
| Czechia | 142 | 1:74,884 | 12,577 |
| India | 130 | 1:5,900,503 | 139,327 |
| Austria | 109 | 1:78,123 | 11,779 |
| Ecuador | 99 | 1:160,665 | 7,258 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Cameroon | 86 | 1:241,501 | 23,877 |
| Thailand | 65 | 1:1,086,744 | 162,071 |
| Australia | 58 | 1:465,443 | 35,949 |
| England | 55 | 1:1,013,056 | 50,089 |
| Kenya | 50 | 1:923,598 | 33,552 |
| Singapore | 47 | 1:117,185 | 4,783 |
| Nepal | 37 | 1:769,756 | 5,333 |
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| China | 29 | 1:47,149,020 | 2,555 |
| Ukraine | 27 | 1:1,686,026 | 128,013 |
| Germany | 27 | 1:2,981,684 | 140,707 |
| Myanmar | 25 | 1:2,077,519 | 669 |
| Taiwan | 23 | 1:1,019,337 | 7,080 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Bhutan | 13 | 1:47,388 | 632 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 1:355,382 | 17,336 |
| Peru | 7 | 1:4,540,589 | 34,489 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1:2,880,679 | 10,064 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 116 | 1:432,920 | 31,560 |
Chum (11,374) may also be a first name.
Chum Demographics
Average Chum Salary in
United States
$40,204 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Chum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chum (Hindi: चुम, Marathi: चुम, Oriya: ଚୁମ, Russian: Чум, Tibetan: ཆུམ།) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chum? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 51,759th most widespread last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 736,413 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 34 percent of Chum live; 31 percent live in East Africa and 31 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Chum is also the 56,175th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 11,374 people.
This surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 3,063 people, or 1 in 17,284. In Tanzania Chum is primarily found in: Zanzibar North Region, where 38 percent live, Zanzibar Urban West Region, where 34 percent live and Zanzibar South Region, where 11 percent live. Besides Tanzania this surname exists in 69 countries. It also occurs in Hong Kong, where 12 percent live and Guatemala, where 11 percent live.
Chum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Chum has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Chum last name increased 794 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 786 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Chum Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Chum last name are 17.24% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 70.47% being registered with the political party.
The amount Chum earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 266.22% more than the national average, earning R 870,276 per year; in United States they earn 6.83% less than the national average, earning $40,204 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.55% more than the national average, earning $52,442 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chum in the Marathi language | ||
| चुम | cuma | - |
| Chum in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚୁମ | cuma | 62.5 |
| ଚୂମ | cuma | 25 |
| ଚୁମ୍ | cum | 12.5 |
| Chum in the Hindi language | ||
| चुम | cuma | 54.55 |
| छुम | chuma | 18.18 |
| चूम | cuma | 18.18 |
| चुम्पा | cumpa | 9.09 |
| Chum in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཆུམ། | chum | 28.57 |
| ཅུམ། | chum | 14.29 |
| ཅུངམོ། | chungmo | 14.29 |
| ཅུངམ། | chungam | 14.29 |
| ཆུམ་ | chum | 14.29 |
| ཆུངམོ། | chungmo | 14.29 |
| Chum in the Russian language | ||
| Чум | cum | - |
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 Chum
- 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