Gumgum Surname
Approximately 1,528 people bear this surname
Gumgum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,480 | 1:119,691 | 7,907 |
| Indonesia | 41 | 1:3,225,590 | 176,839 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Gümgüm (258) are calculated separately.
Gumgum (165) may also be a first name.
Gumgum Demographics
Gumgum Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Gumgum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gumgum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gumgum is most common in Nigeria. It can be rendered as: Gümgüm. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gumgum? popularity and diffusion
It is the 257,677th most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 4,769,336 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Gumgum reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gumgum is also the 712,876th most frequently used given name world-wide It is held by 165 people.
The last name Gumgum is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,480 people, or 1 in 119,691. In Nigeria Gumgum is most numerous in: Adamawa, where 97 percent are found, Benue, where 1 percent are found and Cross River, where 1 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 3 percent are found and The Philippines, where 0 percent are found.
Gumgum Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Muslim (99%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gumum | 91 | 2 | / |
| Gümgüm | 89 | 258 | / |
| Goumgoum | 86 | 88 | / |
| Gimgum | 83 | 325 | / |
| Gumgom | 83 | 15 | / |
| Gumgun | 83 | 4 | / |
| Umum | 80 | 430 | / |
| Goumgoume | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gumgingum | 80 | 0 | / |
| Gumom | 73 | 8 | / |
| Humum | 73 | 7 | / |
| Eumum | 73 | 6 | / |
| Umgom | 73 | 5 | / |
| Umaum | 73 | 3 | / |
| Umume | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ummum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oumum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngoumoum | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gomgom | 67 | 175 | / |
| Gungun | 67 | 130 | / |
| Umeume | 67 | 13 | / |
| Oumoum | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gumgon | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gumhom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Umggom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Umaume | 67 | 1 | / |
| Humoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Humhum | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Gumgum
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