Mahum Surname
Approximately 252 people bear this surname
Mahum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| Turkey | 24 | 1:3,242,559 | 89,463 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Mahum (561) may also be a first name.
Mahum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mahum (Hindi: महूम, Marathi: माहुम, Tibetan: དམར་ཁུམ།) is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahum? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,009,375th most frequent last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 28,918,833 people. The surname Mahum is primarily found in Africa, where 72 percent of Mahum reside; 71 percent reside in Central Africa and 71 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Mahum is also the 354,811th most commonly used forename throughout the world It is held by 561 people.
Mahum is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 178 people, or 1 in 415,054. Barring The DR Congo it is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 11 percent reside and Turkey, where 10 percent reside.
Mahum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Mahum has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 73 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahum in the Tibetan language | ||
| དམར་ཁུམ། | markhum | - |
| Mahum in the Hindi language | ||
| महूम | mahuma | 92.86 |
| महुम | mahuma | 7.14 |
| Mahum in the Marathi language | ||
| माहुम | mahuma | 50 |
| महुम | mahuma | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Mahum
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