Dum-Dum Surname

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

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Dum-Dum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dum-Dum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Dum-Dum (11) may also be a first name.

Dum-Dum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dum-Dum occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dum-Dum? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,117,718th most prevalent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Dum-Dum reside; 43 percent reside in Southern Africa and 43 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 11 people.

The surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. In South Africa Dum-Dum is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 100 percent reside. Outside of South Africa this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 29 percent reside and Indonesia, where 14 percent reside.

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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 Dum-Dum
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