Gosum Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Gosum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Gosum (152) may also be a first name.
Gosum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gosum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gosum (Russian: Госум) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gosum? popularity and diffusion
Gosum is the 4,427,875th most common surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Gosum is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Gosum reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 746,252nd most common first name at a global level It is held by 152 people.
The last name Gosum is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Plateau, where 93 percent reside and Bauchi, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Gosum occurs in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gosum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gosum in the Russian language | ||
| Госум | gosum | - |
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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 Gosum
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