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 carried by more people in Taiwan than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Chums.

How Common Is The Last Name Chums? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,117,718th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 71 percent of Chums are found; 57 percent are found in East Asia and 57 percent are found in Sino-East Asia. Chums is also the 4,213,784th most widely held first name on earth, held by 8 people.

The last name is most numerous in Taiwan, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 5,861,186. In Taiwan Chums is mostly concentrated in: Hsinchu County, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Taiwan it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 14 percent reside.

Chums Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Chums has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Chums last name 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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