Chums Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Chums Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chums Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

Chums (8) may also be a first name.

Chums Last Name Facts

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

Chums (Russian: Чумс) is found most frequently in Taiwan. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chums? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 71 percent of Chums reside; 57 percent reside in East Asia and 57 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. Chums is also the 4,213,784th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 8 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Taiwan, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 5,861,186. In Taiwan it is mostly concentrated in: Hsinchu County, where 100 percent live. Besides Taiwan this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 14 percent live.

Chums Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Chums has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Chums surname decreased 96 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schums919/
Chumse912/
Chumst911/
Hums89366/
Cums8955/
Chutims831/
Shums80947/
Khums80237/
Choms8056/
Chims8019/
Houms8014/
Chuns807/
Haums802/
Coums801/
Chumz801/
Cumsh801/
Caums800/
Cumms800/
Chautems77339/
Khumse7317/
Humsse738/
Chauns736/
Khoums735/
Humsch734/
Chunse732/
Chimms732/
Schuns732/
Chumch732/
Schoms732/
Shumse731/
Shumsz731/
Khumsh731/
Shumms730/
Chuins730/
Chunns730/
Homs6711,114/
Sums67399/
Huns67137/
Coms6792/
Chounse6713/
Houmsse675/
Huggims674/
Khumshe674/
Shumshe671/
Zums671/
Jums671/
Humz671/
Schunns670/

Chums Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Chums in the Russian language
Чумсcums-

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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 Chums
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