Galum Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Galum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 98 | 1:1,033,043 | 87,420 |
| Papua New Guinea | 35 | 1:232,963 | 32,024 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
Galum (114) may also be a first name.
Galum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Galum (Oriya: ଗାଲୁମ, Russian: Галум) occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Galum? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,409,418th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 47,321,727 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 69 percent of Galum live; 64 percent live in Southeast Asia and 64 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Galum is also the 877,214th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 114 people.
The last name Galum is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 98 people, or 1 in 1,033,043. In The Philippines Galum is mostly found in: Zamboanga Peninsula, where 86 percent are found, Northern Mindanao, where 7 percent are found and National Capital Region, where 3 percent are found. Aside from The Philippines this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 23 percent are found and Argentina, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Galum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Galum in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗାଲୁମ | galuma | - |
| Galum in the Russian language | ||
| Галум | galum | - |
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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 Galum
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