Dume Surname
Approximately 11,852 people bear this surname
Dume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haiti | 3,394 | 1:3,148 | 430 |
| Dominican Republic | 2,388 | 1:4,369 | 479 |
| Kenya | 2,195 | 1:21,039 | 2,422 |
| Romania | 1,270 | 1:15,809 | 2,031 |
| United States | 513 | 1:706,548 | 55,809 |
| Ecuador | 275 | 1:57,839 | 5,008 |
| South Africa | 274 | 1:197,729 | 21,276 |
| DR Congo | 205 | 1:360,388 | 31,424 |
| Argentina | 156 | 1:273,996 | 22,048 |
| Cameroon | 147 | 1:141,286 | 15,748 |
| Albania | 125 | 1:23,312 | 3,909 |
| India | 124 | 1:6,186,011 | 143,436 |
| Papua New Guinea | 106 | 1:76,922 | 10,108 |
| Zimbabwe | 105 | 1:147,031 | 18,799 |
| Nigeria | 104 | 1:1,703,296 | 62,619 |
| France | 89 | 1:746,323 | 92,306 |
| Botswana | 72 | 1:30,374 | 6,067 |
| Brazil | 41 | 1:5,221,325 | 132,593 |
| Indonesia | 34 | 1:3,889,682 | 201,134 |
| Canada | 32 | 1:1,151,425 | 83,867 |
| Tanzania | 21 | 1:2,521,029 | 48,569 |
| Turkey | 21 | 1:3,705,782 | 95,296 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Greece | 17 | 1:651,752 | 73,285 |
| Spain | 17 | 1:2,750,120 | 61,567 |
| Namibia | 15 | 1:160,627 | 9,571 |
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Paraguay | 11 | 1:657,886 | 7,708 |
| Cambodia | 10 | 1:1,548,715 | 6,449 |
| Senegal | 8 | 1:1,822,418 | 4,361 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 1:956,649 | 10,513 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 13 | 1:1,875,028 | 58,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 50 | 1:1,004,374 | 59,252 |
The alternate forms: Dumé (139), Düme (1) & Dùmè (1) are calculated separately.
Dume (2,584) may also be a first name.
Dume Demographics
Dume Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Dume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dume Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dume (Marathi: डुमे, Oriya: ଡୁେମ) is found in Haiti more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Dumé, Düme or Dùmè. For other potential spellings of Dume click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dume? popularity and diffusion
It is the 43,854th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 614,879 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Dume live; 49 percent live in Caribbean and 29 percent live in Gallo-Caribbean. Dume is also the 144,739th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 2,584 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Haiti, where it is borne by 3,394 people, or 1 in 3,148. In Haiti Dume is most prevalent in: Ouest, where 34 percent are found, Nord-Est, where 24 percent are found and Artibonite, where 17 percent are found. Not including Haiti Dume occurs in 53 countries. It also occurs in The Dominican Republic, where 20 percent are found and Kenya, where 19 percent are found.
Dume Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Dume has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dume last name increased 1,026 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 8 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Dume Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Dume surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Christian (83%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Dume surname are 22.6% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75.83% being registered with the political party.
The amount Dume earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 55.5% less than the national average, earning R 105,756 per year; in United States they earn 6.25% less than the national average, earning $40,452 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.79% less than the national average, earning $41,836 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dume Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dume in the Oriya language | ||
| ଡୁେମ | duema | 87.5 |
| ଦୁେମ | duema | 12.5 |
| Dume in the Marathi language | ||
| डुमे | dume | 62.86 |
| दुमे | dume | 29.14 |
| डूमे | dume | 5.71 |
| धुमे | dhume | 1.14 |
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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 Dume
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