Phume Surname
Approximately 751 people bear this surname
Phume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 721 | 1:75,142 | 9,331 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Lesotho | 10 | 1:203,256 | 14,332 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Phume (94) may also be a first name.
Phume Demographics
Average Phume Salary in
South Africa
R 182,772
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Phume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Phume Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Phume is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Phume? popularity and diffusion
It is the 452,102nd most common surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 9,703,790 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Phume are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 980,251st most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 94 people.
The last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 721 people, or 1 in 75,142. In South Africa Phume is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 50 percent are found, Free State, where 32 percent are found and North West, where 7 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 2 percent are found and Lesotho, where 1 percent are found.
Phume Last Name Statistics demography
Phume earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 23.09% less than the national average, earning R 182,772 per year.
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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 Phume
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