Chume Surname
Approximately 16,491 people bear this surname
Chume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 15,450 | 1:1,765 | 422 |
| Nigeria | 763 | 1:232,166 | 13,561 |
| Botswana | 66 | 1:33,135 | 6,513 |
| South Africa | 58 | 1:934,098 | 59,404 |
| Ecuador | 40 | 1:397,646 | 9,955 |
| Thailand | 35 | 1:2,018,238 | 239,646 |
| Tanzania | 17 | 1:3,114,213 | 50,054 |
| Zambia | 14 | 1:1,132,137 | 30,603 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Chume (100) may also be a first name.
Chume Demographics
Average Chume Salary in
South Africa
R 98,316
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Chume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chume Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chume (Russian: Чуме) occurs most in Mozambique. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chume? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 32,301st most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 441,910 people. The last name Chume occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chume reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. Chume is also the 946,056th most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 100 people.
The surname Chume is most frequently used in Mozambique, where it is borne by 15,450 people, or 1 in 1,765. Besides Mozambique this last name is found in 22 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 5 percent live and Botswana, where 0 percent live.
Chume Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Chume has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Chume surname contracted 40 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Chume Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Chume surname is principally Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
Chume earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 58.63% less than the national average, earning R 98,316 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chume Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chume in the Russian language | ||
| Чуме | cume | - |
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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
- 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 Chume
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