Gungum Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Gungum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gungum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
England21:27,859,030389,889
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

The alternate forms: Güngüm (1) are calculated separately.

Gungum (36) may also be a first name.

Gungum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gungum is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Güngüm. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gungum? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gungum is the 5,391,485th most frequent surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Gungum is primarily found in Africa, where 77 percent of Gungum live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 36 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 100 percent live. Besides Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 15 percent live and Mauritius, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gungume923/
Ungum91225/
Gugum91160/
Gunum9121/
Güngüm891/
Goungoum867/
Gungun83130/
Hungum8383/
Unggum8328/
Gunnum8318/
Ngunum8315/
Gounum8312/
Gugume833/
Gunhum830/
Unum801,016/
Goungoume807/
Nggunggum804/
Ngoungoum802/
Gungune7792/
Ngungun773/
Gougoum773/
Gungung771/
Gounoum771/
Ongum732,688/
Gunom7398/
Ungom7339/
Gonum7332/
Hunum7315/
Gogum739/
Unume735/
Unuum731/
Unaum731/
Unoum731/
Gugom731/
Goungoun7148/
Gougoume717/
Gunggung716/
Gunngunn715/
Gueugoum711/
Gungunne711/
Gungon671,384/
Hongum6775/
Unggom6723/
Gounom6717/
Ghunghune6710/
Husnum675/
Gounnoume675/
Hounum674/
Hunnum673/
Gonnum673/
Gongom672/
Oongum671/
Oungom671/
Ngoungoun671/
Ounnum671/
Ounoum671/
Gonoum671/
Gunhom671/
Huinum671/
Gunnom670/
Haunum670/

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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 Gungum
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