Gumms Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Gumms Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gumms Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States491:7,397,121336,459
Wales141:221,03813,576
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States321:1,569,33483,036

Gumms Last Name Facts

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

Gumms is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gumms? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gumms is the 2,273,756th most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 79 percent of Gumms live; 70 percent live in North America and 70 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 7,397,121. In The United States Gumms is mostly concentrated in: Louisiana, where 41 percent live, California, where 31 percent live and Texas, where 14 percent live. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Wales, where 20 percent live and Brazil, where 9 percent live.

Gumms Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Gumms has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gumms last name increased 153 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it increased 700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it fell 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gumms Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gumms surname are 34.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 87.5% being registered with the political party.

Gumms earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 36.56% less than the national average, earning $27,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gummås9118/
Gums891,273/
Gumse8074/
Gomms8022/
Goums806/
Gaums806/
Gummz805/
Gumst801/
Gimms801/
Ums7580/
Ghumse7311/
Gumsch732/
Goumse731/
Gumz672,087/
Goms67663/
Hums67366/
Gims67204/
Umst673/
Gumx672/
Ummz672/
Usms672/
Umse672/
Uums671/
Umsp671/
Umss671/
Omms671/
Eums670/

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Gumms Reference & Research

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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 Gumms
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