Nulum 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

Nulum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nulum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Nulum (38) may also be a first name.

Nulum Last Name Facts

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

Nulum is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nulum? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,908,606th most common surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 50 percent of Nulum are found; 50 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 50 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Nulum is also the 1,662,754th most commonly used given name at a global level It is held by 38 people.

This surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 1,019,215. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Morobe, where 88 percent reside and Madang, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 44 percent reside and Brazil, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngulum91463/
Naulum914/
Nulhum911/
Noulum911/
Nulume911/
Ngoulum831/
Nilum80288/
Nulun8023/
Nulom806/
Nolum803/
Ngouloum771,154/
Nnolum73629/
Nulung73100/
Nilium739/
Ngulun734/
Nholum731/
Nulund731/
N'Gouloum711/
Nulusin678/
Nutlung677/
Noulund674/
Naulhun671/
Ngullun671/
Nulhusin625/
Ngouleun621/
Nulon6072/
Nolom602/
Nolun601/
Nulhussin571/
Nulhausen571/
Nnolun5510/
Noulon557/
Naulon555/
Nuylon553/
Nnolom552/
Nullon551/
Nuilon551/
Nollun550/
Nauloon501/

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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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  • 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 Nulum
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