Mugum Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Mugum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mugum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Mugum (48) may also be a first name.

Mugum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mugum (Georgian: მუგუმ) is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mugum? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mugum is the 4,908,606th most prevalent family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 69 percent of Mugum are found; 69 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 69 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,448,253rd most prevalent forename world-wide, borne by 48 people.

It is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 741,247. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Morobe, where 91 percent live and Madang, where 9 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea Mugum occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 13 percent live and India, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mugume9128,167/
Mungum9111/
Mougoum8336/
Muggume834/
Mugumme832/
Maungum831/
Moungum831/
Muguume831/
Mugun801,181/
Mugom8028/
Migum8021/
Mogum8010/
Moungoum7781/
Mugumova7714/
Mounghum774/
Maungaum771/
Mouygoum771/
Mogoum73292/
Mungun73125/
Mugung7320/
Mughom7315/
Miegum7312/
Musgun7312/
Mugune736/
Mugund735/
Muygun732/
Moghum732/
Mugoun731/
Moogum731/
Maugun731/
Mugoom731/
Mougom731/
Moughun6729/
Mugunhe6717/
Mougune674/
Moungun672/
Mugaund671/
Maughom671/
Maugaun671/
Mougoun671/
Musghun671/
Mushgun671/
Meungun671/
Maughun670/

Mugum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mugum in the Georgian language
მუგუმmugum-

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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 Mugum
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