Where Does The Last Name Lum Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Lum (Hindi: लूम, Oriya: ଲୁମ, Russian: Лум) occurs most in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms: Lüm. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lum? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 12,513^th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 162,407 people. The surname Lum is predominantly found in Africa, where 33 percent of Lum are found; 26 percent are found in Central Africa and 26 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 63,217^th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 9,548 people.

The last name Lum is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 12,615 people, or 1 in 28,732. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 33 percent live, Hawaii, where 29 percent live and New York, where 8 percent live. Apart from The United States Lum occurs in 90 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 26 percent live and Malaysia, where 14 percent live.

Lum Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Lum has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lum last name grew 1,757 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 380 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lum Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Lum surname are 22.51% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 75.74% registered with the party.

The amount Lum earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 431.26% more than the national average, earning R 1,262,470 per year; in United States they earn 19.61% more than the national average, earning $51,611 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.24% more than the national average, earning $56,756 CAD per year.