Gumgum Surname

257,677th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,528 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Gumgum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gumgum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,4801:119,6917,907
Indonesia411:3,225,590176,839
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Gümgüm (258) are calculated separately.

Gumgum (165) may also be a first name.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gumum912/
Gümgüm89258/
Goumgoum8688/
Gimgum83325/
Gumgom8315/
Gumgun834/
Umum80430/
Goumgoume801/
Gumgingum800/
Gumom738/
Humum737/
Eumum736/
Umgom735/
Umaum733/
Umume732/
Ummum731/
Oumum731/
Ngoumoum711/
Gomgom67175/
Gungun67130/
Umeume6713/
Oumoum672/
Gumgon672/
Gumhom671/
Umggom671/
Umaume671/
Humoum671/
Humhum671/

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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 Gumgum
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