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 last name Dum-Dum is most common in South Africa. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Dum-Dum.

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

It is the 7,117,718th most commonly used surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It is predominantly found 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 common first name in the world It is held by 11 people.

The surname Dum-Dum is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. In South Africa Dum-Dum is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 100 percent live. Excluding South Africa this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 29 percent live and Indonesia, where 14 percent live.

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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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