Lums Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Lums Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lums Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan171:10,508,46449,949
England31:18,572,686338,250
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Lums (363) may also be a first name.

Lums Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lums occurs most in Pakistan. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lums? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lums is the 3,323,005th most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 54 percent of Lums are found; 51 percent are found in South Asia and 49 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Lums is also the 456,894th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 363 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 10,508,464. In Pakistan it is primarily found in: Punjab, where 71 percent are found, Sindh, where 18 percent are found and Balochistan, where 6 percent are found. Besides Pakistan Lums is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in England, where 9 percent are found and Kenya, where 9 percent are found.

Lums Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lums has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Lums last name grew 150 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lumse892/
Laums891/
Leums891/
Loums890/
Luhms890/
Luims890/
Luns75275/
Loms75225/
Lims75120/
Looms67347/
Lunse6788/
Liems6771/
Luins6744/
Limås6729/
Liuns6725/
Lomås6724/
Launs6717/
Lumce6710/
Louns6710/
Lunås679/
Lomsø676/
Loems672/
Limms672/
Lumje671/
Lunsp671/
Lomms671/
Lunsh671/
Leuns670/

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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 Lums
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