Mum Surname

157,844th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,770 people bear this surname

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

Mum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey8911:87,3427,838
Egypt8851:103,8828,743
India4641:1,653,15860,334
Papua New Guinea1921:42,4675,174
Cambodia691:224,4513,174
Iran331:2,326,74378,121
Austria301:283,84832,444
Pakistan271:6,616,44038,275
Taiwan251:937,7906,555
Indonesia231:5,749,965259,967
Ukraine211:2,167,747147,417
Malaysia191:1,552,32864,490
Cameroon161:1,298,06776,941
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Poland111:3,455,341126,214
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537
Mexico91:13,791,80145,470
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Slovenia51:497,53521,006
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
England21:27,859,030389,889
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England301:812,51235,970
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States921:545,85537,602

Mum (5,684) may also be a first name.

Mum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mum (Hindi: मुम, Marathi: मुम, Oriya: ମୁମ, Russian: Мум, Tibetan: མམ་) occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mum? popularity and diffusion

Mum is the 157,844th most frequent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,630,883 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 53 percent of Mum live; 32 percent live in North Africa and 32 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Mum is also the 88,684th most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 5,684 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is borne by 891 people, or 1 in 87,342. In Turkey Mum is most numerous in: Malatya Province, where 31 percent reside, Hatay Province, where 25 percent reside and Istanbul Province, where 12 percent reside. Barring Turkey it exists in 31 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 32 percent reside and India, where 17 percent reside.

Mum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Mum has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Mum last name contracted 93 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mume866,466/
Mumm864,738/
Moum861,318/
Mhum86599/
Muhm86540/
Maum86328/
Muim86297/
Mumt86162/
Meum86154/
Mmum8622/
Mumn868/
Muum865/
Hmum862/
Mumd862/
Mujm861/
Mumg861/
Mgum861/
Musm861/
Mumh861/
Mumc861/
Muym861/
Mumme752,441/
Mhume751,227/
Maume751,181/
Moume751,020/
Musim75470/
Mahum75252/
Mutim75140/
Mutem7580/
Musem7537/
Moumn7518/
Mausm7511/
Musme759/
Mohum758/
Muhmm756/
Mucim755/
Mumhe753/
Moumd752/
Mautm751/
Maumm751/
Moujm751/
Mutme751/
Mujjm751/
Mumng751/
Maumd751/
Moumm751/
Meume751/
Mgoum751/
Muime751/
Musym751/
Mumzz751/
Mumne751/
Mummd751/
Mmgum751/
Muimk751/
Mumdd751/
Mumdt750/
Mumnn750/
Mumck750/
Mun67763,976/
Mom6789,046/
Mausim67277/
Moutim67151/
Muchim67149/
Muchem6761/
Mousim6748/
Moumne6747/
Muttem6747/
Mussim6723/
Muisim6722/
Mausem6721/
Muitim6719/
Meutem6713/
Moutem6712/
Museem679/
Mahaum679/
Mauhmm677/
Muteem677/
Muñ677/
Mhumhe676/
Mousem676/
Muttim675/
Mautim673/
Muthym673/
Mouhme672/
Hmhoum672/
Mahumm671/
Mausme671/
Maummd671/
Moujjm671/
Muzsim671/
Mussem671/
Mumova671/
Mumtht671/
Mousme671/
Musemt671/
Maumne671/
Moummd671/
Moucim671/
Mouhmd671/
Muhhmd671/
Meeoum671/

Mum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mum in the Tibetan language
མམ་mam-
Mum in the Marathi language
मुमmuma-
Mum in the Hindi language
मुमmuma89.47
मूमmuma7.89
मुम्mum1.32
Mum in the Oriya language
ମୁମmuma65
ମୁମ୍mum25
ମୁମୁର୍mumur10
Mum in the Russian language
Мумmum-

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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 Mum
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