Hirum Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Hirum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Hirum (99) may also be a first name.
Hirum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hirum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hirum has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hirum? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hirum is the 8,193,072nd most frequent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Hirum live; 60 percent live in East Africa and 40 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 951,070th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 99 people.
The surname is most widespread in Kenya, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 15,393,300. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kisumu County, where 33 percent live, Meru County, where 33 percent live and Nairobi County, where 33 percent live. Outside of Kenya this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 40 percent live.
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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 Hirum
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