Qum Surname

942,947th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 278 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Qum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Qum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2461:220,23523,087
Pakistan131:13,741,83758,392
India81:95,883,173728,828
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Qum (115) may also be a first name.

Qum Last Name Facts

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

Qum (Hindi: कुम) has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Qum? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 942,947th most prevalent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 26,214,194 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Qum live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Qum is also the 873,022nd most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 115 people.

The last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 246 people, or 1 in 220,235. In South Africa Qum is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 72 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 11 percent live and Gauteng, where 9 percent live. Not including South Africa it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 5 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.

Qum Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Qum earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 55.34% less than the national average, earning R 106,140 per year and in United States they earn 170.86% more than the national average, earning $116,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Quim865,910/
Quem86545/
Gqum8662/
Qume8621/
Qumn8619/
Quym864/
Qumd862/
Cqum862/
Qumm862/
Hqum861/
Quwm861/
Quqm861/
Qqum861/
Qm8054/
Queem75351/
Quimd755/
Quimt752/
Quwem752/
Quimn751/
Kquem751/
Quhme751/
Quuem751/
Quuim751/
Qumme751/
Gqume751/
Quwme751/
Quimq751/
Qim676,179/
Qun67934/
Qem6720/
Qcm679/
Qmm677/
Hqm677/
Gqm676/
Cqm676/
Qym675/
Qmt675/
Qmd674/
Qme673/
Qkm673/
Qmh673/
Qhm672/
Quimng671/
Qumque671/
Qwm671/
Kqm671/
Qqm671/

Qum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Qum in the Hindi language
कुमkuma-

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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 Qum
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