Erusmus Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Erusmus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Erusmus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Erusmus (180) may also be a first name.

Erusmus Last Name Facts

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

Erusmus is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Erusmus? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,812,366th most frequently held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname Erusmus occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Erusmus are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 679,247th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 180 people.

This surname is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 6,019,745. In South Africa Erusmus is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 56 percent are found, Western Cape, where 33 percent are found and Free State, where 11 percent are found. Not including South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 9 percent are found and Lesotho, where 9 percent are found.

Erusmus Last Name Statistics demography

Erusmus earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 29.25% less than the national average, earning R 168,120 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Erumuse8614/
Erismus862/
Erumu83461/
Erumuise8018/
Erumutse807/
Errumuse805/
Erumouse804/
Erhumuse802/
Erumut7725/
Erhumu774/
Ereumu771/
Ehrumu771/
Yorumus7129/
Arismus711/
Irismus711/
Eromu67130/
Irumu6742/
Erumuche6714/
Ajrumu626/
Jirumu624/
Ireumu622/
Yorumu621/
Airumu621/
Girumu621/
Hiorumu5722/
Heromaus530/
Iromu5013/

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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 Erusmus
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