Dunm Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Liberia

Dunm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Dunm Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan121:1,953,72912,642
Venezuela71:4,314,86839,591
Liberia51:881,70733,815
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Dunm Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dunm is found most in Taiwan. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Dunm click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dunm? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,485,539th most widespread family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 38 percent of Dunm reside; 38 percent reside in East Asia and 38 percent reside in Sino-East Asia.

This surname is most frequent in Taiwan, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 1,953,729. In Taiwan it is most common in: Changhua County, where 33 percent live, Kaohsiung City, where 25 percent live and New Taipei City, where 25 percent live. Without taking into account Taiwan Dunm exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Venezuela, where 22 percent live and Liberia, where 16 percent live.

Dunm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dunm has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Dunm surname declined 82 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dunme893/
Dunnm893/
Dunhm891/
Dunhhm803/
Dounme801/
Dunnme801/
Dumm751,472/
Donm755/
Dumme67251/
Dhumm677/
Dinhm671/
Donhm671/
Daumm670/
Dummt670/
Doumm670/
Dhumme6011/
Doumme603/
Daumme600/
Ddoumme551/
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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 Dunm
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