Gums Surname

298,939th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,273 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Saint Lucia

Gums Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gums Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1,0621:201,5777,747
Germany1521:529,64144,407
Nigeria341:5,210,081134,475
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
India61:127,844,230863,365
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England281:870,54937,307
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States631:797,12249,780

Gums (21) may also be a first name.

Gums Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gums (Hindi: गुम्स, Russian: Гумс) is found in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gums? popularity and diffusion

It is the 298,939th most commonly held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 5,724,702 people. Gums occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 84 percent of Gums reside; 83 percent reside in South America and 83 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently used forename globally It is held by 21 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is carried by 1,062 people, or 1 in 201,577. In Brazil Gums is most common in: Espírito Santo, where 47 percent live, Santa Catarina, where 32 percent live and Rio Grande do Sul, where 8 percent live. Barring Brazil this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 12 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gumse8974/
Gumms8970/
Gumns8937/
Goums896/
Gaums896/
Gumst891/
Ums8680/
Gummås8018/
Ghumse8011/
Gumsch802/
Goumse801/
Gumz752,087/
Guns752,008/
Goms75663/
Hums75366/
Gims75204/
Umst753/
Gumx752/
Usms752/
Umse752/
Umsp751/
Umss751/
Uums751/
Eums750/
Guttems732/
Gunst673,009/
Gauns672,944/
Gunns67536/
Goems6798/
Gunse6743/
Gunsz6738/
Gomms6722/
Ghuns6717/
Houms6714/
Gumje6713/
Gouns678/
Gimås677/
Gumze676/
Gimsø676/
Gummz675/
Ghoms675/
Gomsh675/
Gutns673/
Gooms673/
Haums672/
Gomss672/
Gimms671/
Guhns671/
Umsht671/
Umsch671/
Oumse671/
Gusmz671/
Aumse670/

Gums Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gums in the Hindi language
गुम्सgumsa-
Gums in the Russian language
Гумсgums-

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Gums Reference & Research

Gumm FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Gums
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