Joachum Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Joachum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Joachum Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium141:821,18966,436
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Joachum (135) may also be a first name.

Joachum Last Name Facts

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

Joachum is held by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Joachum? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,772,636th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 82 percent of Joachum live; 82 percent live in Western Europe and 82 percent live in Germanic Europe. Joachum is also the 797,647th most numerous first name in the world, held by 135 people.

Joachum is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 821,189. In Belgium Joachum is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent reside. Other than Belgium this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 12 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.

Joachum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Joachum has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Joachum surname declined 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Joacum921/
Yoachum86163/
Joacuim865/
Joachom862/
Joachun861/
Yoacum772/
Choadchum751/
Haochum7162/
Yoachun713/
Yoochum711/

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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 Joachum
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